ENGL 3022 : Test 1
Document Summary
Wordsworth started lyrical ballads in 1798 and finished in 1802. 1798 considered a watershed in literature because it is the beginning of the romantic period. Wordsworth in a leader of the romantic movement. Wordsworth breaks from the neoclassical writers" traditions. 1800 marks the beginning of modern english language. His lyrical ballads are in the form of an advertisement. He uses a circle method in order to expand upon his point. Wordsworth is known for being democratic, for including the common people in his poems- the poor, kids, shepherds, peasants, outcasts, criminals, madwomen, tragic heroes; not kings, queens, etc. His subjects are man and nature, nature in man. The primary role in keeping human beings who live in societies emotionally alive, morally sensitive, essentially human. Incidents and situations, throwing over the color of the imagination- 3 things wordsworth seeks to do in his writings. Where ordinary things are presented to the mind in an unusual way.
