Wordsworth's Preface

• Discuss 'Daffodils - I wandered lonely as a cloud' with reference to Wordsworth's poetic creed.

          Classicism and Romanticism are artistic movements that have influenced the literature, visual art, music, and architecture of the Western world over many centuries. With its origins in the ancient Greek and Roman societies, Classicism defines beauty as that which demonstrates balance and order. Difference between classicism and Romanticism is that is a word that has carried so many different meanings at different times that no single meaning can any longer be said it should be used with discretion in common sense the word classicism is applied to the literary trend which requires at least some of these characteristic in creative writing; balance, unity, proportion and noble simplicity it implies self-knowledge self-control and sense of reality One of the basic romanticism is the belief in the primary goodness of man it is maintained under this belief that man in “state of nature” would behave decently .a belief closely connected to natural goodness is that of the perfectibility of man .so that romanticism concentrate upon the sublime and the wonderful, that which goes beyond mundane.

• Do You agree with Wordsworth's poetic Creed?

           Yes, I'm agree with Wordsworth's Poetic creed, because you are writing a poetry for everyone. If your language of poetry is not understandable to all than it is not good thing. Or we can say that the language of poetry should be easy ,so common man can also understand. The main thing is, poetry should give delight to common man also, whether it's following the rules of poetry or not. 

• 'What' is poet? 

         Wordsworth said that "Poet is a man who speaking to man, endued with more lively sensible who has greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind" So by this definition of Wordsworth on Poet, We can say that Poet is a different man , who has greater knowledge of human nature, he can think better than common man. 

• What is poetic diction? Which sort of poetic diction is suggested by Wordsworth in his Preface?

       Poetic diction means 'Choice of Word'- unique style of authors that he or she chooses his or her own language, which is understood by rustic people; who closure to reality and more genuineness the language should be natural not ornamental. Wordsworth's argument is that he is interested in writing poems in lyrical ballads. And the language "as really used by men". Wordsworth also answers to Coleridge that he finds humble and rustic life, a men who closer to reality or more genuineness. Wordsworth preferred rustic men rather than city dwells.

• What is poetry?

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

          In this definition of poetry there are two apparent contradictions. The "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" on one side and "emotion recollected in tranquility" on the other side are apparently two contradictory statements. "Spontaneous overflow" must be immediate and unrestricted without any interval of time between feeling and its expression. The expression "recollected in tranquility" would suggest intervention of time between feeling and its expression. "Recollection" means remembering some impression after some lapse of time. Wordsworth himself has tried to reconcile this apparent contradiction in his further elucidation of his definition. Immediate impression has a blending of both important and unimportant impressions. When they are allowed to rest for sometime, only the important impressions remain in the memory, and the unimportant ones wash away. The poet would then express those powerful impressions spontaneously with ease and felicity without any imposition of restriction in point of language or poetic diction. The poet's expression of those powerful feelings must be easy, smooth and natural.

• Discuss 'Daffodils - I wandered lonely as a cloud' with reference to Wordsworth's poetic creed.

          Daffodils is the most famous example of Wordsworth's definition of poetry. The poem has four stanzas. The first three stanzas are written in past tense " I wandered as a cloud.....", but the final stanza of the poem is written in present tense " For oft, when on my couch I lie......" The poet reclining on a couch , when he goes to a nature walk he must seen the stretch of Daffodils, which he recollects when he is in a vacant mood. In this way the definition of poetry we find appropriate in Daffodils by Wordsworth.