1. Preface to Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth
1798

2. Preface to Lyrical Ballads
The “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” is considered the manifest of Romanticism

3. Manifest:statement of intents relative a new style to write poems

4. Preface to Lyrical Ballads
In the “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” William Wordsworth deals with:
- Content of poem
- Language of poem
- Features of poet
- How originate the poem

5. Content of poem
Incidents and situations of low and rustic life

6. Language of poem “Language really used by men”
The language is deprived of volgarity and artificialities

7. Features of poet
“The poet is a man speaking to men” and he is described as a god.
The poet is a man endued with more lively sensibility, who has a greater knowledge of human nature.
Moreover, the poet is impelled to create passions where he does not find them.

8. How originate the poem
The poem takes its origin from emotion recolleted in tranquillity.
The poem should be based on experience and it takes its origin from sensations that are trasformed in emotions