Abstract

In this study we try to explore the core of William Wordsworth “The Prelude: in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on the relationship between nature and French revolution. The research also analyzes many aspects of link. Finally, the research describes various factors which led William Wordsworth to change his views on different aspects of topic throughout the writing phase of The Prelude

Table of Contents

William Wordsworth…………………………………………………….1

Prelude………………………………………………………………………………….5

Core of Prelude…………………………………………………………….6

The Relationship………………………………………………………….6

The Link…………………………………………………….…………………………14

Conclusion…………………………………………………….……………………14

Works Cited…………………………………………………….…………………15

The Prelude

William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth is called the Poet of Nature and Man. He believed that his poetic purpose is to show the nature of man not as a refuge from suffering and commitment, but as a source of "pure passion and fun," enduring inspiration and support, unless the person is able to really see and hear the eternal and universal values ??of the soul and the heart-love, joy, strength and compassion (Burton 73). This belief is rooted in childhood and adolescent experiences of Wordsworth, who identified his development as a poet. Unusually strained eyes and ears gave the young man inclination to deeply enjoy the beauty and mystery of nature that he often sank into a trance or a state of ecstasy, reverence and even awe.

Equally profound was the love of William Wordsworth to the people - children and heirs of nature. In his childhood and his youth fascinated by rural types, especially the shepherds and "hucksters", i.e. the hawker. Nature of that plan unbridled, brutal, callous vagrant, who, however, also a child of nature, capable of remorse and tenderness - perfectly revealed in Peter Bell. Wordsworth never tried passing, and his poetry is warmed by the feeling that Charles Lamb called "a great tolerance for human weaknesses and shortcomings. Wordsworth loved the humble and meek heart (Lindenberger 52). Sympathy for the heavy proportion of women is also apparent in his work. In his poetry often arise and images of children often evince, unlike minded adults, vision of the heart and imagination, as in the ballad "We are Seven"

Wordsworth has always emphasized how much he owes his four great predecessors in English poetry - G. Chaucer, E. Spencer, William Shakespeare and Milton D. His style reveals the signs of their continued influence, especially Milton, whose sonnets inspired Wordsworth's appeal to this poetic form. Later, his poetry is mainly represented sonnets, sometimes combined into cycles such as the River Duddon and the Church of essays.

In the best works of Wordsworth's poetry is combined with a clear idea of ??expressive accurate descriptions, highlighted by the power of feeling, but in portraying characters such as appearance, and a man's soul passed with a perfect certainty. The same immutable faithfulness to the truth let him in the book I walk (where the Pilgrim - this is actually the author).

In the mature and late years of his life inspired the creative genius of Wordsworth's poetry, to a lesser extent than in the 1797 - 1807, but it is often the result of deep thoughts and feelings, and sometimes ...