This presentation is about Preface of Wordsworth. And in this presentation we can find that how Wordsworth has described about poet and poetry. And how nicely he has described that poetry is gives pleasure by simplicity and rustic lifestyle.

1.  NAME : Gond Asmita K
 ROLL NO. :2nd
 CLASS :M. A. Sem-1
 PAPER NO. : 3rd ( literary Theory and
criticism)
 TOPIC :Preface to Wordsworth
 YEAR :2014-2016
 GUIDE : Dr. Dilip Barad
 SUBMITTED TO : Department of English
Maharaja Krishna
Kumar
sinh ji Bhavnagar
University
• E-MAIL-ID :
asmita.gond414@gmail.com

2. LIFE OF WILLIAM
WORDSWORTH
William Wordsworth
was born on 7th Apr,
1770.
Educated from
Cambridge university
Poems were related to
nature
Died in 1805

3. AS APRIST OF NATURE
According to Matthew Arnold
“Nature not gave him
matter but wrote his
poems for him “

4. MAIN WORKS OF
WORDSWORTH
He has started his career at the early
age.
His poetical collection called milestone in
19TH century English literature
Wrote poems as well as sonnets also

5. ‘DAFFODILS
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales
and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Continuous as the stars that
shine
And twinkle on the milky way.
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Tossing their heads in sprightly
dance,
A poet could not be but gay;
In such a jocund company !
I gazed and gazed but little

6. WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL
CONCEPT IN PREFACE
Lyrical Ballad was published on1798 with
authorship of Coleridge.
“Collection of the poem intended deliberate
experiment style and subject”
Language of common men can be the
language of poetry
Main theme to returned to the nature
Realistic character in realistic situation

7. DEFINITION OF POETRY
“POETRY IS THE
SPONTENEOUS OVERFLOW OF
POWERFUL FEELING
RECOLLECTED AND
TRENQUALITY …”

8.  WHAT IS THE POET ?
Man speaking to man
Passion to giving understanding to
other
Great knowledge of humanity
Power and expression

9. SUBJECT MATTER OF
WORDSWORTHS POETRY
Language
Humble and rustic life
Object of primary laws of
nature

10. WORDSWORTH’S POETICAL
DICTION
Language should be really used by
men
Certain color of imagination
It should be filtered and refined
Prose can be find in poetry

11. FUNCTION OF POETRY
“Poetry is the breath and finer
spirit of all knowledge the
impassioned countenance of
science.”