Wordsworth's preface to lyrical ballads

"preface to Lyrical Ballads" by William Wordsworth's"

                  William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the romantic age in English literature with their joint publication lyrical ballads (1798) . the year 1793 saw the first publication of poems by Wordsworth, in the collections an evening walk and descriptive sketches. in 1795 he received a legacy of 900 pounds from Raisley calvert and became able to pursue a career as a poet.

 1) what is the basic difference between the poitic creed of 'Classicism' and 'Romanticism'?

    

Ans:- Romanticism and classicism they are two different ideologies or 'school of thought'. and given idea about dominance of certain things. difference between classicism and romanticism is that classicism put out restrictions, whereas romanticism believes in liberty. classicism presents urban life, whereas romanticism presents rural life. classicism believe on subjectivity and romanticism believes in objectivity. classicism is about intellectual and romanticism is about imagination. in classicism aesthetic attitude and principals manifested in the art architecture and literature if ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form simplicity proportion and restraint. romanticism was an artistic literary musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of 18th century.

  2)why does Wordsworth say 'what' is poet?" Rather who is poet?

Ans:- A poet is man speaking to man, a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness. Wordsworth has greater knowledge of human nature through the emotions like observation, heightened. he also uses platonic, more comprehensive soul.  

3) What is poetic diction? which sort of poetic diction is suggested by Wordsworth in his preface?

    

Ans:- poetic diction means 'choice of word'- unique style of authors that he or she choose his or her own language, which is understood by rustic people; who closure to reality and more genuineness the language should be natural not ornamental. Wordsworth's argument is that he is interested in writing poems in lyrical ballads. and the language "as really used by men". Wordsworth also answers to Coleridge that he finds humble and rustic life, a men who closer to reality or more genuineness. Wordsworth preferred rustic men rather than city dwells.

   4) what is poetry?

Ans:- "poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings it takes origin from emotion recollected in tranquility." poetry is to teach moral lesson with a feeling of delight. it is to give instruction and delight by connecting people with the poet and his imagination.

5) Discuss 'Daffodils - I wandered lonely as a cloud' with reference to Wordsworth's poetic creed....

Ans:- "I wandered as a lonely cloud....." 

            Daffodils is the best example of 

Wordsworth's definition of poetry "poetry is a spontaneous overflow of a powerful feeling, recollected in tranquility".

many times, we capture beauty of nature by our eyes, but we cannot recollect and express that delight in tranquility. Wordsworth does this amazingly. he enjoys the nature and represents it beautifully. we can say nature is at its best in this poetry. delight of a particular moment and it's memory are represented all together.

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