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Wordsworth emphasized poetry's connection with:

AThe supernatural

BThe imagination

CNature and common life

DAristocracy

Answer:

C. Nature and common life

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William Wordsworth, an English Romantic poet, emphasized the connection between poetry and nature, emotion, and everyday life. His work was a reaction to the Neoclassical era, which was characterized by decorated language and rigid poetic form. 

Nature

  • Wordsworth believed that nature was a source of spiritual renewal and moral guidance. 

  • He believed that a love of nature could lead to a love of humankind. 

  • He believed that nature's beauty could thrill people. 

  • He believed that nature was important for an individual's intellectual and spiritual development. 

Emotion

  • Wordsworth believed in using simple words to express deep emotions. 

  • He believed that poetry was a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings". 

  • He believed that feelings and sensation should be held in highest esteem. 

Everyday life 

  • Wordsworth believed that ordinary things should be presented in an unusual way.

  • He believed that "low and rustic life" often reveals essential human nature more readily than the lives of the upper classes.

Wordsworth's poetry helped launch the English Romantic movement. His major works include Tintern Abbey, I wandered lonely as a cloud, and The Solitary Reaper. 


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