1) "truth of nature", "modifying colours of imagination", "supernatural", "ordinary life", "suspension of disbelief", "lethargy of custom", "Imagination".

2)  TOPICS IN WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE'S CONVERSATIONS

a) The powers of poetry:
1.  Exciting the sympathy of the reader by means of faithful adherence to the truth of nature.
2. Giving interest of novelty by means of the modifying colours of imagination.

b) Writing a collection of poems of two kinds:
1. Subject: supernatural incidents and agents.
2. Subject: ordinary life, agents and characters found in every village

 c) Plan of Lyrical Ballads :

                                             Coleridge                                                               

subject:            supernatural persons and characters                          

aim:                   transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth

procedure:       by the suspension of disbelief for the moment  which constitutes poetic faith

                                          Wordsworth

subject:             things of every day

aim:                   to give them the charm of novelty

procedure:        by directing the mind's attention to the loveliness and wonders of the world


PROFILES OF THE IDEAL POET

1. He "brings the whole soul of man into activity"
2. He is gifted with imagination