Wordsworth AO3 Flashcards
When was Lyrical Ballads published?
1800
What did Wordsworth describe poetry as?
‘the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origins from emotion recollected in tranquillity.’
Who did Wordsworth think poetry should be aimed at?
‘Low and rustic life was generally chosen’
What kind of language did Wordsworth think poetry should use?
‘in a selection of language really used by men’
What did Wordsworth think poetry should describe?
‘The principle object […] was to choose incidents and situations from common life’
Wordsworth believed in pre-existence. What is pre-existence?
The belief that each individual soul existed before mortal conception and at some point before birth enters or is placed into the body.
Either believe the soul is eternal or the soul came into existence prior to conception.
Wordsworth believed in pantheism. What is pantheism?
The belief that we find truth, solace and spiritual fulfilment when we establish connection with one universe.
Nature = divine
Who first used the word pantheism and when?
Irish writer John Toland in 1705
Why was Wordsworth against the industrial revolution?
He believed it caused the miseries of the poor people and destroyed the quiet life of the country people.
When did Wordsworth study at Cambridge?
From 1787-1791
Who did Wordsworth associate with at Cambridge?
Young republicans roused by the French revolution
Wordsworth visited France twice in what years?
1790-1792
On Wordsworth’s second visit to France who did he meet?
Beaupuy, an army officer of the new born republic of France who kindled him with a spirit of revolt against social inequality and a sympathy for the poor.
When did Wordsworth and Coleridge become friends?
1797
