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1、sunshineI.ReadthefollowingwordsselectedfromPrefacetoLyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthin1800andpayspecialattentiontohighlightedones.Itwaspublished,asanexperiment,which,Ihoped,mightbeofsomeusetoascertain,howfar,byfittingtometricalarrangementaselectionof
2、thereallanguageofmeninastateofvividsensation,thatsortofpleasureandthatquantityofpleasuremaybeimparted,whichaPoetmayrationallyendeavourtoimpart.Theprincipalobject,then,proposedinthesePoemswastochooseincidentsandsituationsfromcommonlife,andtorelateordes
3、cribethem,throughout,asfaraswaspossibleinaselectionoflanguagereallyusedbymen,and,atthesametime,tothrowoverthemacertaincolouringofimagination,wherebyordinarythingsshouldbepresentedtothemindinanunusualaspect;and,further,andaboveall,tomaketheseincidentsa
4、ndsituationsinterestingbytracinginthem,trulythoughnotostentatiously,theprimarylawsofournature:chiefly,asfarasregardsthemannerinwhichweassociateideasinastateofexcitement.Humbleandrusticlifewasgenerallychosen,because,inthatcondition,theessentialpassions
5、oftheheartfindabettersoilinwhichtheycanattaintheirmaturity,arelessunderrestraint,andspeakaplainerandmoreemphaticlanguage;Thelanguage,too,ofthesemenhasbeenadopted。。。becausesuchmenhourlycommunicatewiththebestobjectsfromwhichthebestpartoflanguageisorigin
6、allyderived;andbecause,fromtheirrankinsocietyandthesamenessandnarrowcircleoftheirintercourse,beinglessundertheinfluenceofsocialvanity,theyconveytheirfeelingsandnotionsinsimpleandunelaboratedexpressions.Accordingly,suchalanguage,arisingoutofrepeatedexp
7、erienceandregularfeelings,isamorepermanent,andafarmorephilosophicallanguage,thanthatwhichisfrequentlysubstitutedforitbyPoets,whothinkthattheyareconferringhonouruponthemselvesandtheirart,inproportionastheyseparatethemselvesfromthesympathiesofmen,andind
8、ulgeinarbitraryandcapricioushabitsofexpression,inordertofurnishfoodforfickletastes,andfickleappetites,oftheirowncreation. Forallgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings:andthoughthisbetrue,Poemstowhichanyvaluecanbeattachedwerenever