FratFiles

• Save Paper

Wordsworth did not write by using lofty, eloquent language, and great issues and personalities as subjects. Unlike his contemporaries, he recognized that good poetry is "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," and therefore nothing along the lines of strait-laced, stoic little old women, or grandiose dining rooms. He wrote of bucolic life: not much was said, but never were the important things left out. Life's most elementary feelings were revealed in the most permanent ways: ever-present in the surroundings.

Wordsworth's aesthetic appreciation was not destroyed by his poetic vanity: he finds no need to embellish his phrases for sophistication.

Common language served Wordsworth's purpose well, for the simple words were direct in their purpose. They expressed feelings that had been known and repeated many times before, and therefore contained a certain durability. Being concise was not a shortcut; it was the inevitable result of perceiving things the way they......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 281
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Wordsworth'S Style
   

   Wordsworth's Style. Wordsworth did not write by using lofty, eloquent language,
   and great issues and personalities as subjects. Unlike ...

2. Wordsworth'S Style
   

   Wordsworth's Style. Wordsworth did not write by using lofty, eloquent language,
   and great issues and personalities as subjects. Unlike ...

3. William Wordsworth And Matthew Arnold
   

   ... English Literature", 6-7). William Wordsworth was a prominent Romantic poet. One
   of the first events in his life to influence his writing style and content was ...

4. Poetry Explanation On Wordsworth'S Poem &Quot;I Wandered As Lonely As A ...
   

   ... understanding poems such as The Prelude. Wordsworth and the Wordsworthian style
   is a magnificent one that should be experienced by all.

5. Aristotle
   

   ... Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey is written in journal style, which is not known for
   loftiness in speech or complicated language, but for an easy flowing style which ...