Wordsworth Flashcards
3 Key Events In Wordsworth’s Life
1: French Revolution
2: Married Mary Hutchinson and they had 5 children
3: Met Samuel Taylor Coleridge And Collaborated To Compose Lyrical Ballads
Wordsworth Works
ELPP. Excursion
Lyrical Ballads
Poems(2 volumes)
Prelude
What Is The goal of poetry for him?
To transform standard events and make them interesting
Language?
Common language from rustic people. They use “the best parts of the language”
Poetry?
Spontaneous overflow of feelings, derived from recollection in tranquility
Poet?
Man speaking to men. Compassionate like all man kind should be
Poetin Composition:
Start–>Overflow Of Feelings
During The Process–>Enjoyment overall
The Poetic Process:
Object—>Poet–>Sensory Experience–>Emotion–>Memory(recoll.)—>Kindred em.—>Poem—Reader–>Emotion
3 Points On His Perception On Men & Nature
1: Men & Nature Are Inseparable
2: Pantheistic View Of Nature(seat of universe)
3: Source of joy, pleasure, teaches man how to act in a moral way
5 Main Points On Senses & Memory
1: Wordsworth exploited the ability of the eye and ear
2: Moral Character–>Childhood
3: Physical Experience–>Simple Thoughts
4: Simple Ideas Into Complex Ideas
5: Memory is a major force into growth
2 Tasks of the poet:
1: Shows men how to understand better their feelings and emotions
2: Give meaning to mundane things, where the deepest emotions can be found
Wordsoworth Style
1: Abandoned 18th Century Poetic Diction
2: Almost Used Always Blank Verse
3: Skilful in different styles, odes ballads etc..