...passible, in a selection of language really used by men ; and, at the same time, to throw over them .1 certain . colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." — Preface, 1802. It is evident that Wordsworth was at first only in part conscious of his deeper,...

...colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." This marks a great advance upon the sacred doctrine of Pope thatTrue Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd,...

...colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents...which we associate ideas in a state of / excitement.' He contends that each of his poems \ has a worthy purpose ; that ' all good poetry is the \ spontaneous...

...principal object, then, which I proposed to myself in these poems was to make the incidents of common life interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously,...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." — Preface (1800). " The knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet ; he must be acquainted...

...colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because, in that condition, the essential passions of...

...coloring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents...-which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because, in that condition, the essential passions of...

...coloring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because, in that condition, the essential passions of...

...the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents and associations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously,...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." It is commonly supposed that by the language really used by men Wordsworth meant colloquial language,...

...the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents and associations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously,...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." It is commonly supposed that by the language really used by men Wordsworth meant colloquial language,...

...colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. — p. 570: There will also be found in these volumes little of what is usually called poetic diction;...