William Wordsworth, from the preface of his piece Lyrical Ballads from 1800 and 1802, defines a few different things that are essential to poetry, including poetry itself. Besides poetry, Wordsworth also defines the use of common language versus poetic diction, the principal object of poetry, and the balance of metre and emotion in a poem.Continue reading “‘Lyrical Ballads’ in the Age of Romanticism”
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Brit Lit 2020 