Preface to Lyrical Ballads: Wordsworth
Theory of poetry
“Poetry is the thought and the words in which emotion spontaneously embodies itself.”
Thoughts on Poetry and its Variations by Mill.
Wordsworth took the hint and produced the theory of poetry which is contained in Preface to Lyrical Ballads wherein, at least two places; he points out: “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling,” and “It
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