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WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) - Coggle Diagram
WORDSWORTH
(1770-1850)
RELATIONSHIP
between
MAN & NATURE
If a description of a natural object -->
FOCUS
on
HOW the POET RESPONDS to that object
, how that object
makes him FEEL
NATURE
-->
source of COMFORT, PLASURE and JOY
.
(It healed his crisis caused by the disillusionment of the French Revolution)
PANTHEISM
--> we can sense the
DIVINE force in NATURE
MAN AND NATURE INSEPARABLE
MAN
is a
PART OF NATURE
and they are
both PART of a greater and divine entity
.
NATURE TEACHES
men to
LIVE, ACT
and
LOVE
in a
MORAL WAY
(vs corruption of society)
MEMORY
GIVES LIFE to POETRY with RECOLLECTION / MEMORY
The poet writes a poem by remembering a feeling/sensation he felt
(PREFACE)
"the emotion must be “RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILLITY”
(a moment of quiet in which the poet is able to calmly remember everything )
(See the DIAGRAM
"POETIC PROCESS")
SENSORY
PERCEPTION
MIXES THE SENSES of SMELL / SIGHT/ HEARING
--> causing
IMAGES / SYNESTHESIAS
THROUGH THE SENSES
that the
poet is able to perceive natural objects
-->
elicits an emotion
only an
EXTREMELY SENSITIVE PERSON
can have this sensory perception -->
POET
IMAGE OF THE POET
"Man speaking to other men"
Poet -->
STRONGER AND MORE CREATIVE SENSITIVITY
that other men
BECAUSE of IMAGINATION
Able to see into the heart of things and communicate what he “sees”
.
POET
is
TEACHER
communicates
what
he sees
in order to have
men be more in touch with their feelings
and
improve their moral actions.
PROPHET
sees things, connections and images
that we can’t imagine or see
ATTENTION to
ORDINARY THINGS & HUMBLE PEOPLE
From 1797-1798 --> short lyrical and dramatic poems.
Topics
-->
COMMON/SIMPLE things:
affectionate tributes to Dorothy
tributes to daffodils, birds, and other elements of “Nature’s holy plan,”
portraits of simple rural people -->
objective
-->
showing basic truths of human nature
.