This blog is written as a comment under the Blog of Dr, Dilip Barad on viewing experience of video and reply to the questions asked in blog. these video prepare in Department of English, MKBU. These videos are about unit on "Wordswoth's preface on lyrical Ballads". here is my reply of it.
The videos are really helpful to us In creating a better understanding of the point about the wordsworth’s preface to the lyrical ballad.
The difference between classicism and romanticism is became quite clear. Classicist are believing in intellect as a guiding force. Whereas romantic were believing In imagination as guiding force. Classical were strongly following the rules and regulation while romantics are believing In free play of mind. For example, The writers of the Neo- classical age like pope and other where writing In the classical style of writing, And they described city, urban life. Whereas Romantics were giving more importance to rustic life, their emotion, their way of life and so on. Romantic writers strongly felt that life of common people can also be the subject of poetry. because rustic people are close to nature, they are more innocent. Simplicity was the trademark of their poetry.
Classicists were believed In restrained (controlled) emotions. According to them emotions should be restrained. But romantics thought that poetry should be Spontaneous and unrestricted. Whatever they feel they are free to express In simple manner. it means that it is not necessary to follow classical rules of writing, poetry can be written In simple language and for simple, common, rustic people. Even there is difference Indian their approach to life. Classicist were objective and romantic were subjective.
Wordsworth says what is poet rather than who is poet because generally we attached who with a person but wordsworth says what is poet it means that which are the qualities which makes poet different than other people, So He says what is poet. He says that poet is a man speaking to man, endowed with more lively sensibility. All can’t creat lively image as poet can. So here poet differs. And more than that poet has greater knowledge of human nature. We all are living In this world, all are passing through same experiences, but we can’t express that In harmonius way whereas poet can. Poet can understand and express it very well. Poet has capacity to conjure people In the world of imagination. He is a person who creats verbal world Indian which we lost. Indian short poet is the person who has ability creat thing more beautiful than it actually is Indian reality, And through which reader gets aesthetic delight.
Diction means choice of language. Language of poetry differs from the language of prose. So definitely question comes that what should be the language of poetry. wordsworth put emphasis on writing poetry In the ordinary language of people, not a highly crafted poetical one. Simplicity was given priority. He believed that rural people are simple, innocent, so their language should be language of poem. The language of poetry should be the language really used by men. At the same time all the words/language cannot used Indian poetry, so Henry says it should be filtered and refined. And refined vernacular word should be diction of poetry. His language of poetry is easily understandable, simple but highly philosophical. one of his famous line ‘I wander lonely as a cloud’ is example of this.
Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling recollected Indian tranquillity. Hesays that enjoy the the nature with open heart, and later Inyour free time (tranquillity), sit down and try to recollect what you have seen/ experienced. Whenever you will remember that once again that powerful emotion will comes into your mind. And that experiences collected Indian tranquillity is poetry according to wordsworth.
Thus, I have tried to give answer as per my comprehension.
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