Wordsworth Flashcards

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3 Key Events In Wordsworth’s Life

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1: French Revolution
2: Married Mary Hutchinson and they had 5 children
3: Met Samuel Taylor Coleridge And Collaborated To Compose Lyrical Ballads

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2
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Wordsworth Works

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ELPP. Excursion
Lyrical Ballads
Poems(2 volumes)
Prelude

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3
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What Is The goal of poetry for him?

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To transform standard events and make them interesting

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Language?

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Common language from rustic people. They use “the best parts of the language”

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Poetry?

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Spontaneous overflow of feelings, derived from recollection in tranquility

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Poet?

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Man speaking to men. Compassionate like all man kind should be

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Poetin Composition:

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Start–>Overflow Of Feelings
During The Process–>Enjoyment overall

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The Poetic Process:

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Object—>Poet–>Sensory Experience–>Emotion–>Memory(recoll.)—>Kindred em.—>Poem—Reader–>Emotion

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9
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3 Points On His Perception On Men & Nature

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1: Men & Nature Are Inseparable
2: Pantheistic View Of Nature(seat of universe)
3: Source of joy, pleasure, teaches man how to act in a moral way

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10
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5 Main Points On Senses & Memory

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1: Wordsworth exploited the ability of the eye and ear
2: Moral Character–>Childhood
3: Physical Experience–>Simple Thoughts
4: Simple Ideas Into Complex Ideas
5: Memory is a major force into growth

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2 Tasks of the poet:

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1: Shows men how to understand better their feelings and emotions
2: Give meaning to mundane things, where the deepest emotions can be found

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12
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Wordsoworth Style

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1: Abandoned 18th Century Poetic Diction
2: Almost Used Always Blank Verse
3: Skilful in different styles, odes ballads etc..

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