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With an Introduction by Antonia Till.
William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his youth, and he deliberately broke away from the artificial diction of the Augustan and neo-classical tradition of the eighteenth century.âŚ
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I love Wordsworthâs poetry (and his comments on the creative process) for its beauty and its importance to the history of the art form. His best poemsâespecially Tintern Abbey and his Intimations or Immortality Odeâtell psychological and spiritual tales about the gains and losses of growing up, and the role that nature can play in a personâs maturation.Â
His Preface to Lyrical Ballads lays out a Romantic program for poetry that has been hugely influential for two centuries. Wordsworthâs idea that poetry comes from âemotion recollected in tranquilityâ and captures the âspontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsâ encapsulates how, forâŚ
From Jesse's list on poetry on personal growth and spiritual questing.
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