Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... poem deals , it seems clear that the writing of a poem must make explicit to the poet the importance of the subject , at the beginning of the composition perhaps only dimly sensed.5 Our conception of the composition of a typical ...
... poem deals , it seems clear that the writing of a poem must make explicit to the poet the importance of the subject , at the beginning of the composition perhaps only dimly sensed.5 Our conception of the composition of a typical ...
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... poem . 16 In so far as the thorn itself is the " subject " of the poem . 17 It is worth noting that , of these seven poems , four are in blank verse and are based on direct observation of natural scenery : the poet records what he sees ...
... poem . 16 In so far as the thorn itself is the " subject " of the poem . 17 It is worth noting that , of these seven poems , four are in blank verse and are based on direct observation of natural scenery : the poet records what he sees ...
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... poem's emotional centre , which is rather to be found in recollected emotion . So in Shelley's Adonais , the death of Keats prompted a poem the emotional centre of which is Shelley's anger at his own treatment by the reviewers as much ...
... poem's emotional centre , which is rather to be found in recollected emotion . So in Shelley's Adonais , the death of Keats prompted a poem the emotional centre of which is Shelley's anger at his own treatment by the reviewers as much ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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