To what extent does Lyrical Ballads represent a new departure for British poetry and poetics? ... As a new movement, the Lyrical Ballads incorporate a certain amount of instability in their contrivance of an unexplored poetic territory. This instability provides a continued link to the revolutionary consciousness which generated the Lyrical Ballads in the first place. As Wordsworth explained in the 1802 preface to the third edition of the work, the idea underlying the Lyrical Ballads sought to overthrow the established conventions of poetry and poetics. ... It is unsurprisi...

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Tintern Abbey and Preface to Lyrical Ballads "Tintern Abbey" is an account of Wordsworth's return to the Wye Valley, the emotions that it stirs, and the feelings that it instills. The poem is highly lyrical and very descriptive. ... I found myself relating directly with Wordsworth. ... In Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads he outlines the key elements that poetry requires. ... The emotions that Wordsworth feels are very easy to relate to and understand as a result of Wordsworth's ability to write poetry. ...

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William Wordsworth is commonly regarded as the vanguard poet of the Romantic movement in British literature. ... Afforded an education not uncommon of the British bourgeoisie, Wordsworth attended St. ... Having fallen prey to his keen interest in the excitement of French revolutionary ideology, Wordsworth spent the next several years in France with his lover, Annette Vallon. ... Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads" became the consummate expression of the author's vibrant and effulgent new style. Wordsworth's most famous poem, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" was includ...

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Also, I will discuss Lyrical Ballads, arguably his greatest work or "magnum opus." Lyrical Ballads is a collection of 24 poems. ... This poem comes from The Second Volume of Lyrical Ballads. ... The critics couldn't sway public opinion, however, and Lyrical Ballads was a huge success. ... Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads is perceived by some to be William Wordsworth's most famous poem. ...

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William Wordsworth's The Prelude William Wordsworth is considered to be one of our greatest poets. ... Wordsworth is most known for his three major works, Lyrical Ballads, the Intimations ode, and The Prelude. His Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth uses questions and responses to show different situations from a variety of different angles. ... His Lyrical Ballads showed his strength in his use of diction (Abercrombie 54). ... Wordsworth's The Prelude is an autobiographical introduction to The Recluse it is Wordsworth's theodicy. ...

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The Leech Gatherer, Wordsworth First Point: 2. ... One of his most famous works, The Preface of Lyrical Ballads, introduces a then modern idea of "Ars Poetica" by collaborating nature, the working class, and human endeavors to aristocratic writings. 4. However, many critics and admirers of Wordsworth attempt to understand the fortitude provoking Wordsworth to initiate the much-needed movement. ... During this period, Wordsworth experienced feelings of betrayal, poverty, and self-identity. 6. ... Wordsworth developed new ideas concerning the war. ...

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He published many pieces, one of which was the Lyrical Ballads. ... In his famous Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads, published four years later, Wordsworth emphasized the importance of writing in a deliberately simple and powerfully direct style to which readers could easily relate. ... Wordsworth had a gift. ... Wordsworth, William. "Wordsworth, William." ...

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Wordsworth was a great literary figure of the Romantic period. ... The poem is a lyrical ballad, it was experimental poetry that defied the traditions. ... The image of Wordsworth sitting under a tree surrounded by nothing but nature is conjured up. ... The speaker can be interpreted as Wordsworth based on the use of 'I' and true emotion being at the heart of the Romanticism. ... Moreover in the final stanza Wordsworth leaves us with a dilemma of thoughts. ...

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Romantic Poets William Wordsworth writes in his "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" that "if the views, with which they [the poems] were composed, were indeed realized, a class of poetry would be produced, well adapted to interest mankind permanently, and not unimportant in the multiplicity and in the quality of its moral relation" (mallor & matlock 574). ... Wordsworth relies heavily on his belief in the power of association. ... The feeling that is produced from Wordsworth's poetry is a reflection of that which the Poet feels. Wordsworth emphasizes that "there is no object standing betw...

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In Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth explains the importance of showing marginal figures; such as, older people, children and social outcasts in what he refers to as, "incidences and situations from common life" (241). ... While Wordsworth's plea for sympathy is similarly displayed in The Beggar's Petition, his approach to morality mocks the stand taken by the author in The Beggar's Petition. Wordsworth's Simon Lee graphically illustrates the principles of the humanitarian poem which are also just as evident in The Beggar's Petition. ...

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In 1798, the two collaborated on the poetic masterpiece, Lyrical Ballads. ... One of the most highly proclaimed works of Lyrical Ballads was Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." ... In the second printing of Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth does, however, give Coleridge credit for one stanza in which beautiful images appear (92). ... The proceeds from Lyrical Ballads allowed Coleridge the chance to spend the winter in Germany studying metaphysics at the University of Gottingen. ... His collaboration with Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads would forever change the face of poetry. ...

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William Wordsworth - Biographical Essay William Wordsworth, a famous poet of the Romantic Period, wrote a great deal of poetry that was inspired by his lifestyle. ... In 1797 Wordsworth moved to Alfoxden in Somerset. Wordsworth and Coleridge worked together and eventually in 1798 they published "Lyrical Ballads," which was a book of poetry by the two of them, published anonymously. ... In 1810 Coleridge and Wordsworth suffered a horrible fight. ... In fact, some critics actually laughed at Wordsworth. ...

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Wordsworth and Writing his Defense What is love? ... Wordsworth found "love- in many things including: relationships and self-awareness, however, after reading Lyrical Ballads, I found that he appeared to be particularly interested in that of nature and maternal passion, especially for mothers who have been abandoned. ... It is important to consider that Wordsworth's purpose in the Lyrical Ballads was that the poet should " let himself slip into an entire delusion, and even confound and identify his own feelings with theirs [the character's]; modifying only the language... Wordswor...

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William Wordsworth was one of the strongest romantic poets in the English Language of his time. ... William Wordsworth's father was a legal representative to James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, an English politician and landowner. ... At the time this book was published it failed to arouse interest at the time, but it has since come to be known as his masterpiece English poet, literary critic, and philosopher, William Wordsworth helped launch the Romantic age in English literature towards the end of the 18th century in Europe with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads. ... As time pas...

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In the 18th century, two important poets took part in the Romantic Movement, the two being William Wordsworth, and Samuel Coleridge. ... In the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth describes poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," and in addition details the influence nature has on him and his works. ... Although both poems deal with the beauty and serenity of nature and the happiness it brings them, Wordsworth deals more with the meaning nature holds for him while Coleridge uses description to relate his relationship with nature. ... Nature is an oasis for the sp...

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"Compare and contrast William Blake's "The Tyger" (1793) and William Wordsworth's "Strange fits of passion I have known" (1798/1800). ... Wordsworth's poems were not as heavily symbolic as Blake's. Wordsworth had a great love of nature and his depictions of the world are far more naturalistic than Blake's mythical, symbolically charged descriptions. ... This poem, one of four "Lucy" poems included in the second volume of "Lyrical Ballads" (1800), describes the poets premonition of death as he travels towards Lucy's house. ... Blake and Wordsworth came from v...

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The Lake Poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge, spent a good number of years in the Lake District of England. ... Wordsworth wrote mostly of the beauty and peacefulness of the countryside that he called home, spending hours or pages describing the minutest details of the nature around him. ... He and Coleridge were close friends, co-writing "Lyrical Ballads" together in 1798. ... Unlike Wordsworth's works, which left you with either a peaceful desire to return to nature or a depressed, lonely wistfulness, Coleridge wrote what today could be described as short horror stories. ...

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Were it not for the moral at the end, this poem would perhaps suggest one of Wordsworth's lyrical ballads (without the artificial poetic diction). ... Wordsworth announced in the 1802 "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" that he sought to use the language of real people and the emotions produced by ordinary events. ... Compare this poem to one of Wordsworth's "Lucy" poems to see just how bad it is. ...

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William Wordsworth a. ... Wrote "Vaudracour and Julia- and "Lyrical Ballads- with Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2. ... English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher b. Wrote "Poems on Various Subjects- and "Lyrical Ballads- with Wordsworth 3. ...

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The work was constructed to be the beginning piece in Lyrical Ballads, a two-volume set written by William Wordsworth and Coleridge. Wordsworth intended to, in his volume, make the ordinary seem extraordinary, while Coleridge aimed to make the extraordinary ordinary. ... Wordsworth even bluntly described the piece as being in the wrong overall meter (Fry, 12). ... With his wife and the Wordsworths gone, Coleridge was forced to undergo his addiction alone. ... Wordsworth visited him and the two even toured the Rhine together (Fry, 8). ...

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The work was constructed to be the beginning piece in Lyrical Ballads, a two-volume set written by William Wordsworth and Coleridge. Wordsworth intended to, in his volume, make the ordinary seem extraordinary, while Coleridge aimed to make the extraordinary ordinary. ... Wordsworth even bluntly described the piece as being in the wrong overall meter (Fry, 12). ... With his wife and the Wordsworths gone, Coleridge was forced to undergo his addiction alone. ... Wordsworth visited him and the two even toured the Rhine together (Fry, 8). ...

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By this time Bryant read Wordsworth for the first time. The influence of Lyrical Ballads in his poetry is to be recognized, since Wordsworth is regarded as the supreme interpreter of nature, a main feature in his poetry, together with the simplicity of naturalness of his verse. ...

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He spent the holidays as a tutor in the western Highlands and his poems Glenara and the Ballad of Lord Ullin's Daughter were written during this time while visiting the Isle of Mull.[6] In 1797, Campbell travelled to Edinburgh to attend lectures on law. ... These early days in Edinburgh influenced such works as The Wounded Hussar, The Dirge of Wallace and the Epistle to Three Ladies.[7] Career[edit] In 1799, six months after the publication of the Lyrical Ballads of Wordsworth and Coleridge, "The Pleasures of Hope" was published. ...

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Although many great names are associated with Romantic literature, two poets who stand out as immensely influential figures are William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ... In the Preface of this volume, titled Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, Wordsworth describes the key elements that constitute Romantic literature, among them the role of the Imagination. ... This emphasis on the human minds capability "of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants" is Wordsworths reaction to the growing number of city-dwellers who incessantly crave awesome and abominabl...

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Unlike Wordsworth who was interested in natural surroundings and shunned society, Lamb who was born and lived in the midst of London street, was deeply interested in the city crowd, its pleasures and occupations, its endless comedies and tragedies, and in his essays he interpreted with great insight and human sympathy that crowded human life of joys and sorrows. ... Wordsworth and Coleridge's sense of the emancipatory opportunities brought in by the new historical moment was expressed in their Lyrical Ballads (1798), which revolutionized the theory and practice of poetry. Wordsworth ...

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