Wordsworth's Preface

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Here is my blog in the Wordsworth's Preface. This task is my thinking activity. I tries to some light on the topic. I watched short six videos and now some interpretation here.. let's start..

I understand to the difference between the Romanticism and classicism. Romanticism we find the certain dominance other things. Most famous poet like Wordsworth, Keat, Shelley ect. There are against the instead intellect we find imagination is most important. Another part of classicism. It was considered to Neoclassical and they beloved in intellectual their poetry. And Dryden's is more prominent figure in this era. So many differences both era. 

Romanticism started in Wordsworth and his friend Coleridge published "Lyrical Ballads" on 1798. Coleridge is also against in his friend and write a letter and Wordsworth's give reply in his friend. This topic deeply discuss on the below question.

I understand what is poet?  Idealism of French revolution.  This revolution give to good effect on England. It is great impact of social life of England and all the poet's, writers and thinkers they were greatly influenced by the ideals as french revolution. After we find the Oscillation. It is a reactionary process. Slow and gradual development to new society of the 19th and 20th century.

Let's discuss about the some important questions on the Wordsworth preface.

# what is the basic difference between the poetic creed of "Classicism" and "Romanticism"?

We are know that the past era effected in present era. Here both ere like Neoclassicism and Romanticism different some Trends. Neoclassical followed the classic rules and Romantic against the classic rules.  

Neoclassical restrained was the rulling world they belived that they should restrained. And romantic poets they did not belived in any kind of restrained, they beloved in liberty, freedom. It means we find there is free play of emotions, passion and imagination. They believed to poet free to express in the way he like.

Neoclassicism is they followed the classic masters like Aristotle, Plato, Socrates. Romanticism their turn for the inspiration not to the classical master but the mediaeval poets and writers. Mediaevalism was preveriled during romantic period.

Neoclassical period represent city of urban life. Romantic poet represent is the rustic life of the countryside and common people.

Romantic poets belived in the subjectivity and Neoclassical poets objectivity that good poetry should be objective. So that was the difference between Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

# why does Wordsworth say 'what is poet? Rather than who is poet?'

Wordsworth's Preface, he says:

"A poet is a man speaking toan, endowed with more lively sensibility".

Which means poet although the Romantics place a lot of importance on the inherent talent with in a person to come up with poetry. Poetry is kind of talent. It missing in general people but a poet is a person who certainly does not come from any other planet.

A poet is a man speaking to men. Endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness. Who has a greater knowledge of Han nature and more comprehensive soul. Who rejoices, more than other men in the spirit of life, habitually impelled to creative volitions, passions and situations where he does not find them.

It is opinion on the Wordsworth want is poet rather than who is poet.

# what is poetic diction? Which sort of poetic diction is suggested by Wordsworth in his preface?

This is third and last question of my interpretation on answers. 

Poetic diction means is choice of words. Which leaders unique style for each individual poet or author.

 Wordsworth's published "Lyrical Ballads" for the first time in 1798. He offered that anthology as an experiment and he said that he is not really satisfied by what goes on in the ne of poetry. He attracting the Neoclassical mode of writing poetry. In the preface he mentions that diction was ne thay was highly  unnecessarily ornament and consequently.

Wordsworth taking a kind of an arguments against them. He is interested in writing these poems and lyrical Ballads as really used by men.

This statement of the Wordsworth and first controversy and his friend Coleridge. He disagreement with Wordsworth poetic diction. He actually question that my dear friend Wordsworth, what do you actually means by language really used by them. Real men, implying that are the people. Wordsworth has an answer in the preface. He say that he finds humble and rustic life. The humbleness in countryside life  and the rustic life to be with emotions which are more genuine. therefore he is trying to capture in words really used by men.

"The language as really used by mem".

After Wordsworth give very interesting example  through own poem Michael. Michael is a farmer and he  is amidst narure. Who lived in country life. You are not talking about real life as real in the sense that happens with everyone. Therefore neither your choice is real man nor the diction a language. Truly speaking what you say really used by those men. this whole suggested by Wordsworth in his preface.

Whole discussion between the Wordsworth's Preface and  difference between Neoclassicism and Romanticism, understand of poetic diction and who is poet through Wordsworth preface.

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