* Objective of the Essay * Nature of Poetry * Process of Poetic Composition * Proper Subject for Poetry * Justification For the Choice of Subject * Qualities of a Poet * Chief function of a poet * Issue Of Poetic Diction * Attack on Gothic Fiction
Objectivity: This essay was written to explain the rational aspect or theoretical explanation behind the poems in Lyrical Ballads.
Nature of Poetry: Poetry is an Expressive work of art. Poetry is a natural or spontaneous expression. It is essentially based on emotions and feelings. These feelings should be powerful and strong that has been lingering for a long.
Process of Poetic Composition: A sensory assimilation of an image and ruminate the subject and recollecting about it in a proportion of tranquility and then expressing it.
Proper Subject for Poetry: Events and incidents happened in the life of rustic people. These images should be coloured by imagination.
Justification for the Choice of Subject: In rustic life people live close to nature. People are more independent and the constraining effect of social life is less, they are unrestrained from social norms. People have a conducive settling for the full maturity of heart.
Qualities of a Poet: A poet is also an ordinary man, for him the emotions are acute and high in degree, their sensibility to liveliness is high with a profound power of imagination and he has an ability to express himself more spontaneously.
Chief function of a poet: The innate work of a poet is to give immediate pleasure to the readers. Pleasure is also attained from since, philosophy and other subjects but these are acquired pleasure. Whereas the pleasure attained through poetry is an innate form of pleasure.
Issue of Poetic Diction: Excessive use of