Word Sworth

Word Sworth Preface:-



1) What is the basic difference between the poetic creed of 'Classicism' and 'Romanticism'?
➤- claasical  believes in intellectual while romanticist believes in imagination

- romanticist believes that nature was powerful and constantly changing.
Classicism believe  that nature was a self contained machine like a watch .

- classicists believes in the world as having rigid and stern structure. While romanticist believes that world aa a place to express their  ideas and believe and imagination.

2) Why does Wordsworth say 'What' is poet? rather than Who is poet?

➤Poet is a men speaking to man, he has sensibility more than enthusiasm and tenderness.
Poet has great knowledge of human nature. He has more comprehensive soul.so Wordsworth says  that what is poet

3) What is poetic diction? Which sort of poetic diction is suggested by Wordsworth in his Preface?

➤In Wordsworth's preface he gives his view on poetic diction. He use humble and rustic life as a subject matter of poetry. He wants to use that language in his poetry which was perfectly understand by rustic people.so he also use shepherd,villages image in his poetry. This is the condition of essential passion of heart find a better soil. He uses  middle and lower class language to the conversation for the purpose of poetic pleasure.

4) What is poetry?

➤Poetry is generally speaking a spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.  Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge the impassioned expression that is in the countenance of all science. Wordsworth's own objection poetry was to console the afflicted to add sunshine of daylight by making the happy .

5) Discuss 'Daffodils - I wandered lonely as a cloud' with reference to Wordsworth's poetic creed.

➤  In his poem 'Daffodils' Wordsworth gives his own experience  that he find himself as lonely cloud and at that time hi find thousands of Wonder who welcome him.
He also said that poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling. In this stanza he use natural elements very well .