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1、ABriefCommentontheWritingStyleofWilliamWordsworth’sPoetryI.IntroductiontoWilliamWordsworthWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)wastheleadingfigureoftheEnglishromanticpoetry.HewasatypicalrepresentativeofPassiveRomantics.Wordsworthwasthepioneerofanovelstyleofpoetry,whic
2、hwasprimarilynature-oriented.ThisgreatpoethadaninfluentialcontributiontotheEnglishromanticpoetry.HestartedthemodernpoetryinEngland,i.e.thepoetryofthegrowinginnerself.HechangedthecourseofEnglishpoetrybyusingordinaryspeechofthelanguageandadvocatingareturntonatu
3、re.Hecreatednewtheoryonit.Wordsworthreplacedtheloftyandeloquentstyleusedatthattimewithhisclearandsimplelanguage.Asaworshipperofnature,Wordsworth’semotionandpassionwererecollectedinthetranquilityofthenature.ToWordsworth,natureactedasasubstituteforimaginativean
4、dintellectualengagementwiththedevelopmentofembodiedhumanbeingsintheirdiversecircumstances.Naturebecameaninspiringforceofrapture,apowerthatcouldrevealtheworkingsofthesoul.ItwasnaturethatendowedWordsworthgreatstrengthandknowledgefullofpeace.Hecouldpenetratetoth
5、eheartofthingsandgivethereaderstheverylifeofnature.Hisgreattalentforcomposingnaturalpoemsmadehimasa“PoetLaureate”.II.AboutthePoeticStyleofWilliamWordsworth’sWorksWilliamWordsworthwasavoiceofsearchinglycomprehensivehumanityandonthatinspireshisaudiencetoseethew
6、orldfreshly,sympatheticallyandnaturally.Hebrokefromthetraditionalrulesofthepoetry,seekinghissubjectsinthesmallhappeningsofcountrylifeandthetaleofcountrymen,children,anddoingsandfeelingsofhumblepeople,andemotionfromhisinnerheart.WilliamWordsworthwasapoetinmemo
7、ryofthepast.Tohim,lifewasacyclicaljourney.Heemphasizedtheliberatingaesthetic.Inhispoems,Wordsworthaimedatsimplicityandpurityofthelanguage,fightingagainsttheconventionalformsofthe18thcenturypoetry.Hewastheclosesttonature.Thejoysandsorrowsofthecommonpeoplewereh
8、isthemes.Thepoetwasapassionateloverofnatureandhisdescriptionsoflakesandrivers,ofmeadowsandwoods,ofskiesandcloudswereexquisite.Accordingtothesubjects,WilliamWordsworth’sshortpoemscanbeclas
