ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1798, the two poets joined together to publish the first edition of Lyrical Ballads, a collection of poems that is considered by many to be the definitive starting point of the Romantic Era. Over the course of their collaboration, the second edition followed suit in 1800.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth maintains that the language of poetry is selection of the real language of men. Coleridge argues that everyone’s language varies according to the extent of his knowledge, the activities of his faculties and the depth and quickness of his feelings.

Detailed explanation-3: -They both used their imaginations to write their pieces. Coleridge seems more complex and uses weird imagery in his poems, while Wordsworth seems more easily understood and displays different views of nature and its tranquility. He also believes that every day used language is what should be used in poetry.

Detailed explanation-4: -He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria.