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Name : Parmar Darshna Vinodbhai
Roll no : 5
Enrollment no : 2069108420180039
Year : 2017-2019
Paper no : 3 literary theory and criticism 1
M. A. : Sem 1
Email ID : parmardarshana1997@gmail.com
Submitted to : Department of English Bhavnagar
Topic : Theme and subject matter of poetry according to Wordsworth
Introduction about author
William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in a little town in the Lake District in the north west of England. He was British poet his continued his studies at Cambridge university. He made his debut as a writer in 1787, when he published a sonnet in the European magazine. Same year he entered St John's collage Cambridge form where he took his B. A. In the 1791.In 1795 he met Coleridge. Wordsworth composed his masterwork, lyrical ballad, which opened with Coleridge "ancient Mariner. In 1798 he started to write a large and philosophical autobiographical poem. He died to due to pleurisy on April 23,1850 and is buried at St Oswald church in grasmere.
- Wordsworth poetic creed initiated the romantic era by emphasize felling instinct, and pleasure above formality and mannerism.
- Wordswroth gave expression to inchoate human emotion.
His notable works :-
- Prelude
- The rainbow
- Daffodils
- Lyrical ballad
- Upon the Westminster bridge
Definition of poetry
- Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling :it takes it origin form emotion recollected in tranquility.
- Poetry cannot be composed under duress, the clear spring of poetry must flow freely and spontaneously.
What is poetry
Poetry is the Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.
Wordsworth's enormous poetic legacy rests on a large number of poems written by him but the theme that run through wordswith's poetry remained consistent throughout even the language and imagery he used to embody those themes, remained remarkably consisted. They remained consistent to the canons Wordsworth had set our the preface to lyrical ballad. In his second edition of the lyrical ballad. (1802)He wrote preface to defend himself from negative reviews.
Wordsworth's argued that poetry should be written in the real language of common man, rather than in the lofty and elaborat diction that were then considered " poetic " He believed that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure and so the chief duty of poetry is to provide pleasure thought rhythmic and beautiful expression of felling. All human sympthay, he asserted, is based on a subtle pleasure principal that is "The naked and native dignity of man
In the "Advertisement "to the 1798 edition of lyrical ballads Wordsworth and coldrige state that the poems in the style and subject matter Wordsworth elaborated on this idea in the "preface "to the 1800 and 1802 edition which outline his main ideas of a new theory of poetry. Wordsworth's explained his poetical concept.
" The majority of the following poem are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly with a view to a ascertain how for the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adopted to the purpose of poetic pleasure ".
If the experiment with vernacular language was not enough of a departure from the norm, the focus an simple, uneducated country people as the subject of poetry was a single of shift to modern literature. One of the main themes of "lyrical ballads " is return the original state of nature in which man led a pures and more innocent existence, Wordsworth subscribe to Rousseau's belief that man was essentially good and was corrupted by the influence of society. This may be linked with the sentiments spreading though Europe just prior to the French revolution.
Wordsworth rejecting the classical notion that poetry should be about elevated subject and should be composed in a formal style : Wordsworth instead championed more democratic themes the lives of ordinary men and women, farmers, paupers and the rural poor. In the preface " he also emphasize his commitment to writing in the ordinary language of people, not a highly crafted poetical one. True to traditional ballad form, the poems depict realistic character in realstic situation, and so contain a strong narrative element.
> Theme of poetry
> Theme of poem
- Nature
- Power of human mind
- Rustic life
- Childhood as a theme
<Theme of Nature
- Nature provided the ultimate good influence on the human mind.
- The good relationship with nature helps indilua's connect to both the spiritual and the social worlsd's.
For example
"one summer evening I found little boat tied to a willow tree with in a rocky cove, it is usual home.
< Childhood as a theme
- In Wordsworth's poerty, childhood is magical, magnificent time of innocence.
- Childhood form an intense bond with nature, so much so that they appear to be a part of the natural world, rather than apart of human social world.
For example
- She dwelt among the untrodden ways.
- Strange fits of passion have I known.
< The power of human mind
- Wordsworth praised the power of human mind.
For example
- Lines composed a few miles above tintern Abbey.
< Rustic life :-
- Wordsworth always use simply and rustic life in his poem.
- The live of ordinary men and women, farmers rural poor.
For example
- Solitary reaper
> See the major themes of Wordsworth poetry
1- Nature
2- Memory
3- Morality
4- Transcendence and connectivity
5 - Religion
6- The power of human mind
7- Childhood these of Wordsworth's poetry with the help of this he wrote many beautiful poems. Let's see one of his major themes in details and with the help of this we understand the theme of poetry using by Wordsworth.
> Nature
As a discussed earlier that Wordsworth was a romantic and nature poet. In his most of poems he used nature very beautifully. In this poem nature plays a role and nature is a character. In his most of poem he used nature mostly and characterized very well, so he called nature poet.
"Come forth in to the light of things let nature by your teacher ".
No discussion on Woodward would be complete without mention of nature. Throughout Wordsworth's work nature provides the ultimate good influence on the human mind .
Above all we may say that he was the priest of nature.
Let us short review Wordsworth view on the theme and subject matter of poetry.
> Subject matter of poetry
1- Object
2- Humble and rustic life
3- language
- object brife review Wordsworth views on the 'Theme ' and subject matter of poetry ".
> Subject matter of poetry
1- Object
The principle object then proposed in these poems was to choose incidents and situations from common life, and to relate and describe them throughout, as far as possible in a selection of language really used by men, and at the same time ,to throw over them a certain coloring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect; and further and above all, to make these situations and incidents interesting by tracing in them, truly thought not ostentatiously the primary laws of our nature: chiefly as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
2 - Humble and rustic life
Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint. Speak a plainer and more emphatic language, because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist in a state of greater simplicity and consequently may be more accurately contemplated and more forcibly communicated; because the manners of rural life germinate from these elementary feelings and from the necessary character of rural occupations are more easily comprehended and more durable and lastly, because in that condition the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanents forms of nature.
3) Language (style of poetry)
The language, too of these men has been adopted purified indeed from what appear to be its real defects ,from all lasting and rational causes of dislike and disgust because such men communicate with the best objects from which the best part of language is originally derived; and because from their rank in society and the sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse, being less under the influence of social variety, they convey their feelings and notions in simple and elaborated expressions.
The function of poetry According to Wordsworth.
According to Wordsworth ‘Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned expression that is in the countenance of all science.’ Poetry is like morning star which throws its radiance through the gloom and darkness of life. The poet is a teacher and through the medium of poetry he imparts moral lessons for the betterment of human life. Poetry is the instrument for the propagation of moral thoughts.Wordsworth’s poetry does not simply delight us but it also teaches us deep moral lessons and brings home to us deep philosophical truth about life and religion.Wordsworth believes that a poetry of revolts against moral ideas is a poetry of revolts against life or poetry of indifference towards moral ideas is a poetry of indifference towards life.
Conclusion
Wordswroth view on the poetic style at Thus Wordsworth‘s view on poetical style are the most revolutionary of all idea in his Preface. He discarded the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers. He insists that his poems are written in ‘selection of language of men in a state of vivid sensation’. His views of poetic diction can be summed up as ‘there neither is nor can be any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
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Name : Parmar Darshna Vinodbhai
Roll no : 5
Enrollment no : 2069108420180039
Year : 2017-2019
Paper no : 3 literary theory and criticism 1
M. A. : Sem 1
Email ID : parmardarshana1997@gmail.com
Submitted to : Department of English Bhavnagar
Topic : Theme and subject matter of poetry according to Wordsworth
Introduction about author
William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in a little town in the Lake District in the north west of England. He was British poet his continued his studies at Cambridge university. He made his debut as a writer in 1787, when he published a sonnet in the European magazine. Same year he entered St John's collage Cambridge form where he took his B. A. In the 1791.In 1795 he met Coleridge. Wordsworth composed his masterwork, lyrical ballad, which opened with Coleridge "ancient Mariner. In 1798 he started to write a large and philosophical autobiographical poem. He died to due to pleurisy on April 23,1850 and is buried at St Oswald church in grasmere.
- Wordsworth poetic creed initiated the romantic era by emphasize felling instinct, and pleasure above formality and mannerism.
- Wordswroth gave expression to inchoate human emotion.
His notable works :-
- Prelude
- The rainbow
- Daffodils
- Lyrical ballad
- Upon the Westminster bridge
Definition of poetry
- Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling :it takes it origin form emotion recollected in tranquility.
- Poetry cannot be composed under duress, the clear spring of poetry must flow freely and spontaneously.
What is poetry
Poetry is the Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.
Wordsworth's enormous poetic legacy rests on a large number of poems written by him but the theme that run through wordswith's poetry remained consistent throughout even the language and imagery he used to embody those themes, remained remarkably consisted. They remained consistent to the canons Wordsworth had set our the preface to lyrical ballad. In his second edition of the lyrical ballad. (1802)He wrote preface to defend himself from negative reviews.
Wordsworth's argued that poetry should be written in the real language of common man, rather than in the lofty and elaborat diction that were then considered " poetic " He believed that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure and so the chief duty of poetry is to provide pleasure thought rhythmic and beautiful expression of felling. All human sympthay, he asserted, is based on a subtle pleasure principal that is "The naked and native dignity of man
In the "Advertisement "to the 1798 edition of lyrical ballads Wordsworth and coldrige state that the poems in the style and subject matter Wordsworth elaborated on this idea in the "preface "to the 1800 and 1802 edition which outline his main ideas of a new theory of poetry. Wordsworth's explained his poetical concept.
" The majority of the following poem are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly with a view to a ascertain how for the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adopted to the purpose of poetic pleasure ".
If the experiment with vernacular language was not enough of a departure from the norm, the focus an simple, uneducated country people as the subject of poetry was a single of shift to modern literature. One of the main themes of "lyrical ballads " is return the original state of nature in which man led a pures and more innocent existence, Wordsworth subscribe to Rousseau's belief that man was essentially good and was corrupted by the influence of society. This may be linked with the sentiments spreading though Europe just prior to the French revolution.
Wordsworth rejecting the classical notion that poetry should be about elevated subject and should be composed in a formal style : Wordsworth instead championed more democratic themes the lives of ordinary men and women, farmers, paupers and the rural poor. In the preface " he also emphasize his commitment to writing in the ordinary language of people, not a highly crafted poetical one. True to traditional ballad form, the poems depict realistic character in realstic situation, and so contain a strong narrative element.
> Theme of poetry
> Theme of poem
- Nature
- Power of human mind
- Rustic life
- Childhood as a theme
<Theme of Nature
- Nature provided the ultimate good influence on the human mind.
- The good relationship with nature helps indilua's connect to both the spiritual and the social worlsd's.
For example
"one summer evening I found little boat tied to a willow tree with in a rocky cove, it is usual home.
< Childhood as a theme
- In Wordsworth's poerty, childhood is magical, magnificent time of innocence.
- Childhood form an intense bond with nature, so much so that they appear to be a part of the natural world, rather than apart of human social world.
For example
- She dwelt among the untrodden ways.
- Strange fits of passion have I known.
< The power of human mind
- Wordsworth praised the power of human mind.
For example
- Lines composed a few miles above tintern Abbey.
< Rustic life :-
- Wordsworth always use simply and rustic life in his poem.
- The live of ordinary men and women, farmers rural poor.
For example
- Solitary reaper
> See the major themes of Wordsworth poetry
1- Nature
2- Memory
3- Morality
4- Transcendence and connectivity
5 - Religion
6- The power of human mind
7- Childhood these of Wordsworth's poetry with the help of this he wrote many beautiful poems. Let's see one of his major themes in details and with the help of this we understand the theme of poetry using by Wordsworth.
> Nature
As a discussed earlier that Wordsworth was a romantic and nature poet. In his most of poems he used nature very beautifully. In this poem nature plays a role and nature is a character. In his most of poem he used nature mostly and characterized very well, so he called nature poet.
"Come forth in to the light of things let nature by your teacher ".
No discussion on Woodward would be complete without mention of nature. Throughout Wordsworth's work nature provides the ultimate good influence on the human mind .
Above all we may say that he was the priest of nature.
Let us short review Wordsworth view on the theme and subject matter of poetry.
> Subject matter of poetry
1- Object
2- Humble and rustic life
3- language
- object brife review Wordsworth views on the 'Theme ' and subject matter of poetry ".
> Subject matter of poetry
1- Object
The principle object then proposed in these poems was to choose incidents and situations from common life, and to relate and describe them throughout, as far as possible in a selection of language really used by men, and at the same time ,to throw over them a certain coloring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect; and further and above all, to make these situations and incidents interesting by tracing in them, truly thought not ostentatiously the primary laws of our nature: chiefly as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
2 - Humble and rustic life
Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint. Speak a plainer and more emphatic language, because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist in a state of greater simplicity and consequently may be more accurately contemplated and more forcibly communicated; because the manners of rural life germinate from these elementary feelings and from the necessary character of rural occupations are more easily comprehended and more durable and lastly, because in that condition the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanents forms of nature.
3) Language (style of poetry)
The language, too of these men has been adopted purified indeed from what appear to be its real defects ,from all lasting and rational causes of dislike and disgust because such men communicate with the best objects from which the best part of language is originally derived; and because from their rank in society and the sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse, being less under the influence of social variety, they convey their feelings and notions in simple and elaborated expressions.
The function of poetry According to Wordsworth.
According to Wordsworth ‘Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned expression that is in the countenance of all science.’ Poetry is like morning star which throws its radiance through the gloom and darkness of life. The poet is a teacher and through the medium of poetry he imparts moral lessons for the betterment of human life. Poetry is the instrument for the propagation of moral thoughts.Wordsworth’s poetry does not simply delight us but it also teaches us deep moral lessons and brings home to us deep philosophical truth about life and religion.Wordsworth believes that a poetry of revolts against moral ideas is a poetry of revolts against life or poetry of indifference towards moral ideas is a poetry of indifference towards life.
Conclusion
Wordswroth view on the poetic style at Thus Wordsworth‘s view on poetical style are the most revolutionary of all idea in his Preface. He discarded the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers. He insists that his poems are written in ‘selection of language of men in a state of vivid sensation’. His views of poetic diction can be summed up as ‘there neither is nor can be any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
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