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Giorgia Moro - Wordsworth’s View of Poetry and the Poet
by GMoro - (2010-11-07)
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Wordsworth’s View of Poetry and the Poet

Exercise 1.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)     <!--[endif]-->The subject of the poetry

Incidents ( something happens without a specific reason) and situation from every - day life are the subjects of the poetry.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->b)    <!--[endif]-->The language of poetry

The writer uses a selection of language really use by rural men in order to presents to the mind ordinary things  in an unusual way attracting the attention of the reader.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)     <!--[endif]-->The identity of the poet

The poet is a men speaking to men. He has more sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature and a more comprehensive soul. He contemplates the joy  and passions of the life and usually he creates them where he doesn’t find them.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->d)    <!--[endif]-->The creative act of the poet

The poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings and it takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquillity.