Lyrical ballad

Hello everyone! This presentation is on lyrical Ballads combine work of Wordsworth and Coleridge. in this presentation I have not discussed any poem I have just given overview of the lyrical Ballads.

1. Lyrical Ballads -W. W ordsworth & S.T. Coleridge Prepared by- Jheel Barad Department of English (sem-1) M.K. Bhavnagar University.

2. What is Lyrical Ballad ? Lyrical means expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads are often 13 lines with an ABABBCBC form, consisting of couplets (two lines) of rhymed verse, each of 14 syllables. Another common form is ABAB or ABCB repeated, in alternating eight and six syllable lines.

3. Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads is a collection of poems written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lyrical Ballads is considered to be the beginning of the Romantic age. It is one of the most important work of all the time. It was a revolt against ideals of Neoclassical, it was an age of Pope and Dryden writers who believed that there is no place for imagination in literature. Literature is based on realism, logic and reason. On contrast, Wordsworth used imagination and used the language of common men.

4. Editions Editions Published in Edition 1 1798 Edition 2 1800 Edition 3 1802 Edition 4 1805 Full Title: “Lyrical Ballads with few other Poems”

5. Lyrical Ballads Collaborative work of W. Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge 1798 Collection of 23 poems 1800 Preface added by Wordsworth 1802 Poetic Diction added 1805 4th Edition

6. Edition 1 First edition of Lyrical Ballads was published anonymously in 1798 in Bristol . It consisted of 23 poems , among which 19 poems were Written by W. Wordsworth and only 4 poems were Written by S.T. Coleridge. First poem of Lyrical Ballads is of S.T. Coleridge ‘The Rime of Ancient Mariner’ and the last poem is ‘The lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey.’ Wordsworth e mphasised on nature while coleridge emphasised on supernatural elements .

7. In this edition, and advertisement was added were Coleridge warned the readers that “The majority of the following poems are to be considered as and experiment.” He declares that his purpose is to see how conversational language of the middle and the lower class men can be used for the purpose of poetic creation . Original text Lyrical ballads , Read An advertisement

8. Edition 2 Second edition appeared in 1800, It is special because it included famous preface by Wordsworth. All poems in this Edition were written by Wordsworth. Preface is a critical statement by Wordsworth who wanted to free poetry from artificial style of writing and bring in nearer to the life, to the life of common people. Preface What is poetry? Characteristics of a Poet Value of poetry Poetic diction

9. Second edition consisted 56 poems of Wordsworth and 5 poems of S.T. Coleridge According to Preface by Wordsworth What is poetry? Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling, recollected in tranquility. Characteristics of poet. The good poet is exceptionally sensitive. A good poet is ‘A man speaking to men.’ He has extraordinary strong imagination. Value of poem The universal function of poetry is to make readers render and humane.

10. Preface consisted 8 points Preference of humble and rustic life. Choice of rustic language Stress on emotion Poetic diction The poet Poetic pleasure and poetic truth Views on nature The Poetic process

11. Edition 3 In this edition Wordsworth expanded the preface and published in 1802. Poetic Diction was added in this edition; ‘Poetic diction is used to denote the linguistic style, the vocabulary and technique used in writing of poetry.’ Wordsworth criticised Neoclassical writers such as Dryden and Pope for using artificial poetic language. He believed figures of speech should be organic to poetry, it should not be added as ornaments.

12. Wordsworth also presented his views saying that there is no major difference between the language of poem and prose. While, Coleridge criticized Wordsworth’s this point as well as poetic diction in his critical work ‘Biographia Litereria’ . Coleridge said that the principal difference between the language of prose and poetry is metre. The way words are ordered in poetry makes its language different from prose. Prose: “she went to the park.” Poetry: “to the park, she went.”

13. Criticising Wordsworth Coleridge said that every man’s language varies on the basis of his knowledge, emotions and activities. No two men can speak in exact same manner. Coleridge also points out that Wordsworth contradicted on his own theory of poetic diction. Wordsworth’s poetry ‘ impassioned lofty and sustained language ’ is not written in language of rustics.

14. William Wordsworth believed that every poet has a social responsibility of strengthening and promoting human culture through his poetry. Thank you

15. Resources Wordsworth, William, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems, in Two Volumes. London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Cottle., 1802. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001428269 . The Literature Cabin. Preface to Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth: Explanation and Analysis , 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxyC_buazfY . Learning Literature with Purba. Preface to Lyrical Ballads | William Wordsworth | Romantic Criticism , 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJc3FDyp45g .