ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
For Wordsworth, imagination is ____
A
Combining power
B
creative faculty
C
all that are mentioned
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth saw imagination as a powerful, active force that works alongside our senses, interpreting the way we view the world and influencing how we react to events. He believed that a strong imaginative life is essential for our well-being.

Detailed explanation-2: -Representation of Nature in Wordsworth’s poetry He views Nature as a source of love, perpetual joy, soothing and healing power, knowledge and spirituality. Nature and God become one for him. He believes that Nature is the Universal Spirit guiding anyone who like to be guided by her.

Detailed explanation-3: -While Wordsworth thinks of nature as an essential part of human life, especially in childhood, Coleridge associates the experience in nature as something special, as the ideal in the real, as part of the imagination. The different childhood of these two poets underlie this attitude.

Detailed explanation-4: -In poetic creation, creative imagining helps the poet to know his inner self or the unconscious. This interaction also shows the materials with which the artist/poet works in artistic/poetic creation.

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