Can Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads be considered to be the pronouncement on Romantic Literature? Comment.
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Lyrical Ballads is an essay written by English poet William Wordsworth published in 1801.
Yes, the Preface to this essay can be considered as a pronouncement on romantic literature because according to Wordsworth, poetry should stick to a common life theme of human emotion and experience. To capture the reader's imagination, poems should be simple, devoid of personification and tricks, and directly convey the feelings of the writers. Maybe for Wordsworth, romantic literature of the past are full of literary tricks and does not reflect common experiences.
William Wordsworth wrote an essay named Lyrical Ballads which was published in the year 1801. We find that the preface of this essay could be recognized as a pronouncement of romantic literature.
William Wordsworth believed that the poems written should be without any tricks and be able to convey the feelings of the writer easily. He also believed in using human emotion as a the main ingredient of his work.