Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... reader " an indistinct perception perpetually renewed of language closely resembling that of real life , and yet , in the circumstance of metre , differing from it so widely " ( 636-8 ) . Metrical language , merely because it is ...
... reader " an indistinct perception perpetually renewed of language closely resembling that of real life , and yet , in the circumstance of metre , differing from it so widely " ( 636-8 ) . Metrical language , merely because it is ...
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... reader as " rapid . " The inevitability of such an appeal is taken for granted ; but not necessarily with justification , for the speed at which poetry is read is not governed by any actual or implied metronome markings . In spite of ...
... reader as " rapid . " The inevitability of such an appeal is taken for granted ; but not necessarily with justification , for the speed at which poetry is read is not governed by any actual or implied metronome markings . In spite of ...
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... reader for pleasures which the poet feels but which , from the nature of things , the reader cannot feel . We must look elsewhere for an account of pleasures specifically the poet's.2 1 These particular pleasures are evidently not ...
... reader for pleasures which the poet feels but which , from the nature of things , the reader cannot feel . We must look elsewhere for an account of pleasures specifically the poet's.2 1 These particular pleasures are evidently not ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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