... contrived higher-class sensibilities and acceptance of basic human passions and characters. As a new movement, the Lyrical Ballads incorporate a certain amount of instability in their contrivance of an unexplored poetic territory. This instability provides a continued link to the revolutionary consciousness which generated the Lyrical Ballads in the first place. As Wordsworth explained in the 1802 preface to the third ... rather than the urbanity that dominated the Restoration period. It is unsurprising that several of the poems of the Lyrical Ballads provide direct commentary on poetry...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the revolt by the French in order to gain their freedom. This was a very radical point of view and not accepted by many. William's lack of money led to his poetic career. He decided to live in a cottage in Dorset with Dorothy and ended up meeting Coleridge there. Many critics and writers depicted Dorothy as William's lifelong companion. The brother and ... 't attend William's marriage to Mary Hutchinson because she was on her bed crying. Wordsworth's introduction to Coleridge led him to finding an intense poetic partner. Every day the two wrote poems together, commented on one another's ...

• Word Count: 1654
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... to produce some of his best poetry. Wordsworth brought out the best in Coleridge, and Coleridge, in turn, did the same for Wordsworth. In 1798, the two collaborated on the poetic masterpiece, Lyrical Ballads. It is this compilation of poetry that ushered in the Romantic period (Magill 623). One of the most highly proclaimed works of Lyrical Ballads was Coleridge's "Rime ... ...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School