Wordsworth Keats And Language Of Sense Analysis

7) In G. J. Finch's (n.d) "Wordsworth, Keats and language of sense" he decodes the role played by the 'senses' on their poetry. In the first half he discusses Wordsworth's utilization of sight and hearing. The latter was of the opinion that 'senses...are interpreters of private language we share with Nature'. Furthermore Finch claims that the poet attempted to "seek meaning" via the "world of sight" as for him Nature offered pearls of wisdom that could be found by those that looked for it.
This perspective of Wordsworth's own "language of sense" indicates his "physical sight becomes existential" as he finds answers to the queries he has on existence through the clues and examples found in Nature. Hence as the writer says according to Worthsworthian ideology "looking outwards is looking inwards"
8) Wordsworth in Preface to Lyrical Ballads(1800) defines the poetry and poet along with their functions. He believes that a poet is a 'comprehensive soul' that is bestowed with 'organic sensibility'. He needs the in-depth understanding of human nature as he is a 'man speaking to men'. Poetry activates man's mind that is in a state of 'savage torpor' due to 'multitudes of causes' of his time.
Additionally she discusses her dislike for existentialism as she calls it “monstrous” and argues with the idea of man being alone and the “well springs of life” i.e. Nature being just a “vision” is hard to contemplate. The world is not our “oyster”. Rather to her Arnold’s “desolation on his stony beach” and his promise to his wife “Ah love let us be true to one another” is a message to all humanity. This is the solution to fill the “hole” created by modernist on the sinking religious doctrines. That “salvation” cannot be found by alienating