Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... Exist more simple in their elements And [ therefore ] speak a plainer language , " but not thus : " [ feelings ] That Exist more simple in their elements And [ contrary to expectation ] speak a plainer language . " 12 Biog . Lit. , II ...
... Exist more simple in their elements And [ therefore ] speak a plainer language , " but not thus : " [ feelings ] That Exist more simple in their elements And [ contrary to expectation ] speak a plainer language . " 12 Biog . Lit. , II ...
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... exist for a particular poem , we cannot be certain that Wordsworth's primary , " unselected " utterance has been recorded , and because , where verbal sources for poems of this period do exist , they are rarely in a language which could ...
... exist for a particular poem , we cannot be certain that Wordsworth's primary , " unselected " utterance has been recorded , and because , where verbal sources for poems of this period do exist , they are rarely in a language which could ...
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... exist in themselves , " and not of the poet , who deals with things " as they appear as they seem to exist to the senses , and to the passions . " 18 Another interpretation of the facts which the poem presents is as consistent with ...
... exist in themselves , " and not of the poet , who deals with things " as they appear as they seem to exist to the senses , and to the passions . " 18 Another interpretation of the facts which the poem presents is as consistent with ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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