Lyrical Ballads

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The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments They were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure William Wordsworth, from the Advertisment prefacing the original 1798 edition When it was first published, Lyrical Ballads enraged the critics of the day Wordsworth and Coleridge had given poetry a voice, one decidedly different to what had been voiced before For Wordsworth, as he so clearly stated in his celebrated preface to the 1800 edition also reproduced here , the important thing was the emotion aroused by the poem, and not the poem itself This acclaimed Routledge Classics edition offers the reader the opportunity to study the poems in their original contexts as they appeared to Coleridge s and Wordsworth s contemporaries, and includes some of their most famous poems, including Coleridge s Rime of the Ancyent Marinere. New Download Lyrical Ballads [ By ] William Wordsworth [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Small volumes of verse often start literary revolutions, and this little book published in 1798 is perhaps the most revolutionary of all, It not only brought England into the Romantic Movement, but also simplified English poetic diction, right up to the present day In 1800, Wordsworth would add the famous preface which defined poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings originating in great emotion recollected in tranquility, but this influential definition provided asophi Small volumes of verse often start literary revolutions, and this little book published in 1798 is perhaps the most revolutionary of all, It not only brought England into the Romantic Movement, but also simplified English poetic diction, right up to the present day In 1800, Wordsworth would add the famous preface which defined poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings originating in great emotion recollected in tranquility, but this influential definition provided asophisticated rationale for what was a simple experiment by two young poets They used every day speech to create the most forceful poetic expressi...Who wants a revolution Well Wordsworth and Coleridge certainly did Their writing existed in the intellectual aftermath of the French revolution thus, they tried to radicalise it and revolutionise it With Lyrical ballads they, undoubtedly, changed the destiny of English literature Granted, that s a huge sweeping statement to make but, nevertheless, it is a true one No longer would poetry be the lofty language of the elites, a means for the bourgeoisie to demonstrate their intellect it would Who wants a revolution Well Wordsworth and Coleridge certainly did Their writing existed in the intellectual aftermath of the French revolution thus, they tried to radicalise it and revolutionise it With Lyrical ballads they, undoubtedly, changed the destiny of English literature Granted, that s a huge sweeping statement to make but, nevertheless, it is a true one No longer would poetry be the lofty language of the elites, a means for the bourgeoisie to demo...I feel like an asshole, at this point, for not being able to get Wordsworth Every couple of years I read Wordsworth again and there s some very bright, very compassionate, very distinguished type person who makes beautiful, eloquent arguments in these poems favour But I still really just couldn t give less of a shit I don t know While I respect Wordsworth, there s a strange personal type bias I have against the guy It s a bitlike I really wouldn t invite this dude to a party at my I feel like an asshole, at this point, for not being able to get Wordsworth Every couple of years I read Wordsworth again and there s some very bright, very compassionate, very distinguished type person who makes beautiful, eloquen...The copy of this that I have, and have just finished reading, is a reprint of the first edition of 1798 It has no notes, other than those presented by the authors themselves, and the book probably suffers for this I probably should have gotten hold of a version that had a good introduction but too late now.There are two poems in this collection that I have read before The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere and Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey There is a reason why these are the mos The copy of this that I have, and have just finished reading, is a reprint of the first edition of 1798 It has no notes, other than those presented by the authors themselves, and the book probably suffers for this I probably should have gotten hold of a version that had a good introduction but too late now.There are two poems in this collection that I have read before The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere and Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey There is a reason why these are the most famous poems from this collection, I think they are clearly the best poems in the collection and the only ones I would choose to read again.Some of the other poems are very dramatic The Thorn for example and The Mad Mother both on the theme of seduced women driven mad by abandoned lovers who leave them pregnant but the themes see... Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me, As is a landscape to a blind man s eye But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweetThe poetry equivalent of...Of course these are wonderful If only he d died a little younger, like a good lyric poet .If I continued with my theme of replacing books of the bible with works of poetry instead, I would use mostly Wadsworth to replace Proverbs Many of these poems are cautionary tales encouraging kindness and empathy, and the rest are extolling the virtues of nature No, going out into nature isn t one of the commandments, but it should have been, I think we would all be better for it Wadsworth encourages nature baths, a spiritual bathing in nature to cleanse the soul of the stresses of urban l If I continued with my theme of replacing books of the bible with works of poetry instead, I would use mostly Wadsworth to repla...Very well written, but the themes were not interesting to me, so the rating is completely subjective.I ve always shied away from reading poetry anthologies Since this was a required text for my master s exam, I had no choice I saved it for last, because I honestly wasn t sure if I would have the mental durability to get through it Much to my surprise, I found most of the poems to be easily accessible, albeit, I took many notes to help me keep track of the narrative structure All the poems have a rustic, backwoods, working class quality to them Moreover, they celebrate the joys and power o I ve always shied away from reading poetry anthologies Sin...I actually really enjoyed this poemsthan I thought I would Especially Tintern Abbey a beautiful poem Romanticism isn t really my favourite area of poetry, but this definitely makes me want to exploreof Wordsworth s work

Lyrical Ballads
  • English
  • 13 January 2017
  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • 0140424628
  • William Wordsworth
  • Lyrical Ballads