ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What according to Wordsworth, should be the subject of poetry?
A
Situation from everyday life
B
life of rural and rustic people
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For Wordsworth, poetry, which should be written in “the real language of men, ” is nevertheless “the spontaneous overflow of feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

Detailed explanation-2: -As for the choice of rustic language, Wordsworth says that he has used it after having purified it of its coarseness and other defects. The rustic people can hourly communicate with the best object of nature from which the best part of language is derived.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wordsworth says that the language of prose can be used in poetry. There is no essential difference between the language of prose and that of metrical composition. Rather he asserts that there is a perfect affinity between metrical composition and prose composition.

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