Romanticism In Wordsworth's Romantic Theory Of Poetry

Wordsworthian Romanticism, which shattered the neoclassical dogmas and conventions, pervaded the fragrance of ‘Nature’ in the literary world. With the publication of Lyrical Ballads and its preface, Wordsworth propounded the Romantic theory of poetry and proved that poetry entangled with the feelings and emotions of human mind. The Neoclassical strictness which appealed to the human reason was replaced by the fluidity and tenderness of human mind, elated with the sense of freedom. The masses or the laity who were relegated from the mainstream of literature became the fulcrum of discussion in the literary genre with the romantic revival. Romanticism kept itself away from the tangles of language and complex themes to make poetry accessible to …show more content…
But the prime focus of Wordsworthian romanticism was on the common man. His romantic theory of art revolved around the common man with the language and subject matter taken from the rustic common places. The focus and revival of common men was revolutionary in the specific contemporary society as the common man was out of the realm of the literature and its subject matter. Literature of the time was confined to the personal matters of poets and scholars. The skill and erudition to compose poetry remained a dream for the common man and poetry was never meant for the common men of the time. Wordsworth brought poetry from the closets of the scholars and poets to the very nooks and corners of the society without the entanglements of toughdiction and alien subject matter. He opted for the diction and subject matter of the common men working in the fields and the very nerves of the society. It opened the doors of enjoying literature to the laity and they became the part of the literary endeavour of expressing experiences of the minds and brain. The literature which suffocated in the entangled shackles of neoclassical reason flew with the wings of imagination to the very hearts of both the common men and the