This document presents the differences between Wordsworth and Coleridge's concepts of poetry. Wordsworth defined poetry as the "spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions" that are later "recollected in tranquility." His poetry focused on themes from common life, using simple language and depicting rural characters. In contrast, Coleridge felt that poetry should include supernatural incidents and agents, with elements of mystery and wonder. He saw poetry as depicting the world of fancy and thoughts, with a sense of magic and mystery. The key difference is that Wordsworth sought to give charm to everyday nature through imagination, while Coleridge aimed to make ordinary objects supernatural.

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Smt.S.B Gardi Department of
English MKBU
Presentation Topic- Difference
between Wordsworth and Coleridge’s
concept of poetry
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2. Wordsworth’s poetry
 Influenced by French revolution, then
Wordsworth published Lyrical
Ballads(1800).
 In this Preface, he defines poetry and the
themes of poetry.

3. DEFINITION
Spontaneous overflow of powerful
emotions that recollected in
tranquillity.

4. THEMES
 Incidents and situations from common life.
 Real man’s language.
 Humble and Rustic life.
 Characters depicted in poetry are from
rural life.
 Simple experience or feeling of someone’s
life.

5. DAFFODILS

7. Coleridge
Wrote Biographia
Literaria (1815-17).
In this work, he wrote
that what should be
the poetry.

8. ACCORDING TO COLERIDGE
 Incidents and agents are to be
supernatural.
 Element of mystery, wonder and super
natural.
 Depicts the world of fancy and thoughts.
 Charm of magic and mystery.

9. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WORDSWORTH AND
COLERIDGE
- To give the charm of
novelty to things of
everyday objects of
nature through
imagination.
- Presented common man
- With his own time and
earth
- Teacher – moralist
- High priest of nature
 to give the charm of
novelty to routine objects
by making it supernatuarl
.
 Element of mystery,
supernatuaral
 Go through middle ages
 Artist
 Lived in the world of
fancy and thoughts

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