• Name: Baraiya Sonal.• Class: M.A. Sem-1.• Roll No.: 34.• Subject: Literary Theory and Criticism.• Topic: Wordsworth’s Preface.• Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Gardi department of English & M.K.

Bhavnagar University

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

• William Wordsworth was born on 1770 in Cocker mouth. His father, who was a lawyer, died when William was thirteen years old. The remainder of his life was a model of domesticity. His great passion was for travelling.

Wordsworth, poet for ‘ORDINARY PERSON’.

• His various poems based on Common people. He think that Ordinary person are more realistic and humble in nature.

• He deal with ‘‘nature’’ man, arguing that such men live much closer to nature and, therefore, are closer to the well-springs of human nature.

• He presented the common and simple life of peasants and shepherds through this he describe harsh reality of the society.

• For Instance - ‘‘MICHAEL’’.• ‘‘The MICHAEL’’ of the title is the poem’s protagonist. The

subtitle, ‘‘A Pastoral Poem,’’ seems to challenge the traditional conception of pastoral poetry as a form for the idyllic and the bucolic, and to prepare the reader to accept the ‘‘Low and Rustic Life’’ as the ideal pastoral.

WORDSWORTH’S PREFACE.

• Poetry should be written in the real language of common man.

• Duty of poetry is to provide pleasure through a rhythmic and beautiful expression of feeling.

• The main themes of ‘‘Lyrical Ballads’’ is the return to the original state of nature, in which man led a purer and more innocent existence.

• Humble and rustic life.• Language.

Definition and function of poetry.

• Definition of poetry- ‘‘Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling, and emotions recollected in tranquility.’’

• Poet is a man speaking to men.• Poet has a greater knowledge of human nature.• Poet is a man pleased with his own passion and

volitions.• The function of poetry is the instrument for the

propagation of moral thoughts.

Wordsworth’s poetic diction.

• The refined vernacular words should be the diction of poetry.

• Coloring of imagination.• Language of poetry.

• THANK YOU.