Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... suppose , of " the language of prose , " do not make for permanent appeal in the poetry which relies on them to convey excitement . The mere development of English vocabulary , recorded in historical dictionaries and elementary ...
... suppose , of " the language of prose , " do not make for permanent appeal in the poetry which relies on them to convey excitement . The mere development of English vocabulary , recorded in historical dictionaries and elementary ...
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... suppose that they were ; in short , metre assures the reader that he is reading poetry and not a report of real life . This is not to say that the passions will not be felt ; but they will not be felt as totally painful . Such a notion ...
... suppose that they were ; in short , metre assures the reader that he is reading poetry and not a report of real life . This is not to say that the passions will not be felt ; but they will not be felt as totally painful . Such a notion ...
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... suppose , sufficiently more authentic than poetic diction to make it , comparatively , acceptable ; for the one is based on passion of a kind , the other is applied " to feelings and thoughts with which [ it has ] no natural connection ...
... suppose , sufficiently more authentic than poetic diction to make it , comparatively , acceptable ; for the one is based on passion of a kind , the other is applied " to feelings and thoughts with which [ it has ] no natural connection ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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