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[may_posa1]

Hello Group E

Comments

[meag_o]

Hey Lesley-Anne,

I just wanted to comment on how you found Wordsworth's language easier to understand. He was trying to do that on purpose. Wordsworth believed that through poetry the average person could forget the stresses of industrial lifestyle, and become more true to themselves. By using simpler words, he not only made sure that everyone could read and understand his poems, but also attempted to remind his readers of the rural simplicity of life. He wrote a whole big "manifesto" on poetry, the Prelude to his Lyrical Ballads, in which describes all of his motives, and the importance of poetry.

[ofcatslives]

Thanks for that point Meg, the subject of your comment was something I considered as well. However, my explanation for Wordsworth's use of simplier language was much more complex and indirect. You've explained it much better and from an obvious point of learned knowledge. Did you do some research on Wordsworth or have you studied his work in another class?

Thanks again,

Janice

[meag_o]

The Romantics are kind of my specialization, I suppose. Last year I did some intensive research on them for an essay. I've also read Coleridge's "On the Imagination" and Shelley's "A Defense of Poetry". I'm just pretty interested in that period in general, since so much was going on in the world, and it basically changed the way people think, and who was allowed to think.

[tricia_stewart]

Hi Lesley-Anne, I too found Wordsworth's language easier to understand. As for getting reading done over Reading Week, I must admit I failed a bit at that. *sighs* Oh procrastination, anyhoo, I hope you were more fortunate in catching up in your classes. Ciao,

-Tricia