Wordsworth Handout

English 203

Dr. Fike

Review of Blake

1. Innocence and experience are what kind of states?
2. Pre-existence à Innocence à experience à __________________________ (two words) à __________________________________________.
3. This schema is an example of the ___________________ of the sacred.
4. What does Blake say about nature?
5. What does Blake say about imagination?
6. For Blake, which one of the senses has the potential to redeem humankind?

Wordsworth's "Preface to Lyrical Ballads"

1. What is the difference between Blake’s attitude toward nature and WW’s attitude toward nature?
   1. Blake:

2. WW:

3. WW’s threefold understanding of nature:

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2. What are the main points in WW’s theory of poetry?
   1. Goal and purpose:

2. Subject of poetry:

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3. Language of poetry:

D.  What is a poet?

E.      Method of composition:

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      F.  Poetry's all-encompassing nature:

Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey"

1.  What connections are there between WW’s “Preface” and “Tintern Abbey”?

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2. What is the main subject of the poem?

3. What is the situation the poet describes in lines 1-22?  What impression do these lines create?

4. Lines 23-49:  What has WW gained from his experience with nature in lines?

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   B.

   C.

5. Lines 49-57 compare to “The World Is Too Much With Us” (page 174).

6. What temporal divisions are present in lines 58-111?

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  B.

  C.

  D.

7. Why is Dorothy, the poet’s sister, in the poem?  In other words, what does WW want her to do for herself and for him?