Wordsworth Context Flashcards

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What was he concerned with?

A

The elitism of earlier poets, who’s highbrow language and subject matter were neither readily accessible nor relevant to ordinary people

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Who did he try to give a voice to?

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The marginalised and oppressed

- the rural, poor discharged soldiers, fallen women, the insane and children

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