William Wordsworth is the strong voice in literature who declared a new movement in creative art especially in poetry. With the publication of Lyrical Ballads, jointly published by Wordsworth and Coleridge, the people of the world stepped into a new stage of English literature as well as world literature. In the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth explained different aspects of this new sort of literary movement.
He explained both the thematic and linguistic ideals of romanticism. Indeed, romanticism started as a revolt of the individual against the established traditional values. But , it was more interesting that this movement itself turned into an established outlook because of its ever appealing declaration of individual freedom.
He is a true worshiper of nature: nature's devotee or high priest. The critic Cazamian says, "to Wordsworth, nature appears is a formative influence superior to any other, the educator of senses or mind alike, the shower in our hearts of the deep laden seeds of our feelings and beliefs".
He dwells with great satisfaction, on the prospects of spending his time in groves and valleys and on the banks of streams that will lull him to rest with their soft murmur. Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts Of tender joy wilt thou remember me, And these my exhortations!
Subjectivity: Subjectivity is the key note of Romantic poetry. He expresses his personal thoughts, feelings through his poems. Here he says that he can't see the celestial light anymore which he used to see in his childhood.
He says, "It is not now as it hath been of yore;- Turn wheresoe'er I may, By might or day, The things which I have seen I now can see on more. The sounding cataract haunted him like a passion. Nature was his beloved. He loved only the sensuous beauty of nature.
He has also a philosophy of nature. Pantheism and mysticism: Pantheism and mysticism are almost interrelated factors in the Nature poetry of the Romantic period. Wordsworth conceives of a spiritual power running through all natural objects- the " presence that disturbs me with the low of elevated thoughts" whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, the rolling ocean.
Wordsworth had a superabundant enthusiasm for humanity. He was deeply interested in the simple village folk and the peasant who live in contact with nature. Wordsworth showed admiration for the ideals that inspired the French Revolution. Emphasis in individual freedom is another semantic characteristic. Perfect manscaping tips for millennial men.
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