Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... expression of any conception or feeling in metre or rhyme , is its natural or proper expression in prose . All beyond this is a departure from the true principles of taste . If the artificial diction of mo- dern poetry would be improper ...
... expression of any conception or feeling in metre or rhyme , is its natural or proper expression in prose . All beyond this is a departure from the true principles of taste . If the artificial diction of mo- dern poetry would be improper ...
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... expression of " passion " in the 1800 Preface : with the expression of " a state of vivid sensation " ( 16 ) , of " the essential passions of the heart ... elementary feelings " ( 88 , 93-94 ) , of a " state of excitement , " of the ...
... expression of " passion " in the 1800 Preface : with the expression of " a state of vivid sensation " ( 16 ) , of " the essential passions of the heart ... elementary feelings " ( 88 , 93-94 ) , of a " state of excitement , " of the ...
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... Expression which of Right belongs to it , so that Expression has but one particular Harmony which is adapted to that peculiar Degree of Spirit which naturally attends on the Sentiment . Now Nature very often in the greater Poetry ...
... Expression which of Right belongs to it , so that Expression has but one particular Harmony which is adapted to that peculiar Degree of Spirit which naturally attends on the Sentiment . Now Nature very often in the greater Poetry ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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