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LYRICAL BALLADS

LYRICAL BALLADS 


• Lyrical Ballads (1798)

  • Lyrical ballads is a collection of Poems by Wordsworth and Coleridge.
  • Full Title- Lyrical Ballad with a few other poems.
  • Published anonymously.
  • Collection of 23 poems 

  •  19 poems- Wordsworth , 
  • 4 poems- Coleridge.
  • First Poem – Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
  • Last Poem- Tintern Abbey.
  • Wordsworth emphasize on Nature.
  • Coleridge emphasize on Supernatural Elements.
  • Considered as a manifesto for Romantic movement.
  • A revolt against the ideals of Neo-Classical poetry.
  • Emphasize on the poetic ideals of Elizabethan Age.
PREFACE TO LYRICAL BALLAD(1800) 

  • An essay written by William Wordsworth.
  • Preface discussed a wide range of topics concerning poetry and the innovations which Lyrical ballads has introduced.
  • He discuss issues related to the art of poetry.
  • His Poetry deals with “Incident and situations from common life.
  • He discussed about the differences between the language of poetry and the language of poetry.
  • “Poetry Is The Spontaneous Overflow Of Powerful Feelings”.

POETIC DICTION ADDED (1802)

  • “  Poetic diction is used to denote the linguistic style, the vocabulary and the techniques used in the writing of poetry.”

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