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A 7 page essay on this sonnet from Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads. The writer reviews what Wordsworth himself said about his poetry and his intentions in the 'Preface to the Lyrical Ballads' which was published with the poems. Wordsworth was attempting to depart from the overly decorative speech used in the poetry of the late 18th-century. The writer pays particular emphasis on how Wordsworth's poetry related to his beliefs about nature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and his sister, Dorothy while they were living near Coleridge (89). It was the belief of the two famous poets that poetry should endeavor to make the supernatural seem natural
and the natural, supernatural (Abrams). This principle is clearly seen in Wordsworths sonnet, "The World Is Too Much with Us." Much of what Wordsworth tells the reader of his goals,
his belief system regarding poetry, and his feelings toward nature in the "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" is illustrated in this sonnet. Therefore, an examination of the "Preface" and some
of Wordsworths deeply held beliefs regarding poetry is instrumental in understanding the nature and structure of the poem (Liu 747). Understanding Wordsworth-the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads In
the "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth explains to the reader that the poems were published as an experiment (Liu 747). Wordsworth felt that this explanation was needed because the
poems deviate from the established, traditional standards of what poetry was considered to be. The "Preface" serves as a sort of warning to the reader that the Lyrical Ballads might
be frustrating to the reader who is expecting the customary kind of decorative poetry (Abrams 101). Wordsworth states that these poems are about incidents and situations from common life
and that in the poems, he tried to transform these incidents and situations by way of his imagination and present them in a manner that would make commonplace occurrences again
seem novel and wonderful as they did in childhood (Wu 127). This paper was sold by , Inc. It was Wordsworths belief that humble incidents such as the
ones in the poems could symbolize the very essence of humanity (Liu 747). He also warns the reader that in writing the poems he tried to use the kind of
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