Examine critically Wordsworth's views on the nature of poetry and the process of poetic creation. Or Wordsworth’s view on poetry

Examine critically Wordsworth's views on the nature of poetry and the process of poetic creation.

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Wordsworth’s view on poetry

Defining poetry Wordsworth says in his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1798): "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feel ings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity: the emotion is contemplated till, by a species of reaction, the tranquillity gradually disappears, and an emotion, kindred to that which was before the subject of contemplation, is gradually produced, and does itself actually exist in the mind. In this mood successful composition generally begins, and in a mood similar to this it is carried on.' Thus to Wordsworth poetry, is a matter of feeling, mood and temperament. When the mood is on him it flows naturally, and without labour.

There are at least four stages through which an experience has to pass before successful composition becomes possible. First of all, there is the observation or perception of some object, character or incident which sets up powerful emotions in the mind of the poet. Secondly, there is recollection or contemplation of that emotion in tranquillity. An interval of time, it may be quite long, say ten years, must lapse, during which the first experience sinks deep into the poet's consciousness and becomes a part and parcel of his being. For the filtering or selective,process, time and solitude are essential. Thirdly, the integration of memory by the poet sets us, or revives, the emotion in "the mind itself." It is very much like the first emotion, but is purged of all superfluities and constitutes a 'state of enjoyment'. The fourth is that of composition.......................................................................................................

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