preface to wordsworth presentation
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This presentation is about Preface of Wordsworth. And in this presentation we can find that how Wordsworth has described about poet and poetry. And how nicely he has described that poetry is gives pleasure by simplicity and rustic lifestyle.TRANSCRIPT
NAME : Gond Asmita KROLL NO. :2nd
CLASS :M. A. Sem-1PAPER NO. : 3rd ( literary Theory and criticism)
TOPIC :Preface to WordsworthYEAR :2014-2016GUIDE : Dr. Dilip BaradSUBMITTED TO : Department of English Maharaja Krishna Kumar sinh ji Bhavnagar University
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LIFE OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
William Wordsworth was born on 7th Apr, 1770.
Educated from Cambridge university
Poems were related to nature
Died in 1805
AS APRIST OF NATURE
According to Matthew Arnold
“Nature not gave him matter but wrote his poems for him “
MAIN WORKS OF WORDSWORTH
He has started his career at the early age.
His poetical collection called milestone in 19TH century English literature
Wrote poems as well as sonnets also
‘DAFFODILSI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales
and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of golden daffodils;
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way.
Ten thousand saw I at a glanceTossing their heads in sprightly
dance,
A poet could not be but gay;In such a jocund company !I gazed and gazed but little
thought
WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL CONCEPT IN PREFACE
Lyrical Ballad was published on1798 with authorship of Coleridge.
“Collection of the poem intended deliberate experiment style and subject”
Language of common men can be the language of poetry
Main theme to returned to the nature
Realistic character in realistic situation
DEFINITION OF POETRY
“POETRY IS THE SPONTENEOUS OVERFLOW OF POWERFUL FEELING RECOLLECTED AND TRENQUALITY …”
WHAT IS THE POET ?
Man speaking to manPassion to giving understanding to other
Great knowledge of humanityPower and expression
SUBJECT MATTER OF WORDSWORTHS POETRY
Language
Humble and rustic life
Object of primary laws of nature
WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL DICTION
Language should be really used by men
Certain color of imaginationIt should be filtered and refined
Prose can be find in poetry
FUNCTION OF POETRY
“Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge the impassioned countenance of science.”