![]() ![]() Wordsworth, in the beginning, states the necessity of bringing about a revolution in the realm of poetry as the Augustan poetry has become cliché. The Preface embodies the poetic manifesto of Romanticism. That is why he is called a literary revolutionary – his ‘Preface to the Lyrical Ballads’ shows his revolutionary ideas in the literary field. He has tried to practice his views in his poetry and brought his poetry near to life. Besides this, his views on the nature of poetry, role of poet and the choice of subject matter have their own significance. ![]() Wordsworth and Coleridge, with the publication of the Lyrical Ballads, break away with the neo-classical tendencies in poetry Wordsworthhas revolted against the eighteenth century poetic theory and the poetic style, which was prevalent at that time. The Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads declares the dawn of English Romantic Movement. ![]()
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