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William Wordsworth
Title: William Wordsworth
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1156 | Pages: 4.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
William Wordsworth
“The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”
(Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads). Discuss.
Wordsworth argues in his 1802 preface to Lyrical Ballads that “poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, rather than in the lofty and elaborate dictions that were then considered “poetic.” He argued that poetry should offer access to the emotions contained in memory and that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure through a rhythmic and beautiful expression of …showed first 75 words of 1156 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1156 total…presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion.” He also said that each of his poems has a purpose, which is “to illustrate the manner in which our feelings and ideas are associated in a state of excitement. This is perhaps the best description one can find on the philosophy behind Wordsworth’s poetry, for it expresses the thought that his poetry focuses on the enthusiasm of a life lived to its fullest.
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