Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads

Wordsworth 

 

• What is the Basic Diffrence between the poetic creed of "classicism' and "Romanticism"?
• Classicism means intellect is the guiding force and Romanticism means Imagination is the guiding source
• Classicism is the Imitation or use primarily of the style and aesthetic principles of ancient greek and Roman classical art and literature the term "Neoclassicism is often use in referring to revivals of classicism.
• Romanticism is movemnt in the literature that lasted from about 1750 to 1870 ,charactersed by reliance on the imagination and subjectivity of approach freedom of thought and expression and idealization of nature.
• Why does wordsworth say "what is poet? rather than who is Poet?"
•  A poet is a man speaking to men,endowed with more lively sensibility,moreenthusiasm and tenderness , who has grater knowledge of human nature, and more comprehensive soul , who rejoice more than other men in the spirit of life, habitually impelled to creative volilions,passion and situations where he does not find them.
• What is poetic diction is suggested by wordsworth in his Preface?
• Poetic diction is choice of words
• The language as really used by men.
• What is Poetry?
• Poetry is the spontanous overflow of powerful feelings, it takes its origin form emotion recollected in tranquality.
• Discuss 'Daffodils'- I wandered lonely as a cloud with reference to wordsworth poetic creed.
• I wandered lonely as a cloud thousan saw at a glance for off,when on my couch .I lie in vacant or in persive mood,they flash upon that inword eye. Which is the bliss of solitude and then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with daffodils.