Preface to Lyrical Ballads
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The "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" is William Wordsworth’s seminal critical essay that outlines the principles of Romantic poetry, emphasizing natural language, emotion, and the depiction of ordinary life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical essay
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literary preface ⓘ |
| addresses |
nature of poetic pleasure
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relationship between poet and reader ⓘ role of imagination in poetry ⓘ |
| advocates |
close relationship between poetry and nature
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focus on rustic and humble life ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major text in Western literary theory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes | artificial poetic diction ⓘ |
| defines | poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ⓘ |
| describes | aims of the Lyrical Ballads collection ⓘ |
| discusses |
choice of incidents and situations in poetry
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difference between poetry and prose ⓘ role of meter in poetry ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
depiction of ordinary life
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expression of emotion ⓘ simplicity of diction ⓘ use of everyday language in poetry ⓘ |
| expandedEditionYear |
1802
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1805 ⓘ |
| explains | principles of Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800 edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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poetics ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
language really used by men
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ordinary life as subject of poetry ⓘ poet as a man speaking to men ⓘ recollection in tranquility ⓘ spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | considered a manifesto of English Romanticism ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century literary criticism
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development of English Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lyrical Ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 19th century ⓘ |
| states | emotion is recollected in tranquility ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
critics of poetry
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readers of poetry ⓘ |
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