Concept of Nature in William Wordsworth's Poems

The work is focused on William Wordsworth's theory of nature. The aim of the work is to analyze how Wordsworth perceives nature and what is his relation to it. The work is divided in three chapters. The first chapter deals with the definition of the notion "nature", with Wordsworth's development of perceiving of nature and with the main motives in his poems relating to his conception of nature. Next chapter discusses principal points of "Preface" to Lyrical Ballads, namely spontaneous overflow of the poet's feelings, men of simple habits, Wordsworth's language and his use of poetic figures. The last chapter handles with "Tintern Abbey", summarizing the poet's conception of nature, with its analysis and application of the theory of "The Preface" on "Tintern Abbey". At the end of the chapter, the degree to which the poem is in accordance with "The Preface" is evaluated.

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Katerina Schwenznerova graduated from English and German Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. Travelling through Lake District together with the poetry of William Wordsworth was a great inspiration for the graduation thesis: Concept of Nature in William WOrdsworth s Poems.

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The work is focused on William Wordsworth s theory of nature. The aim of the work is to analyze how Wordsworth perceives nature and what is his relation to it. The work is divided in three chapters. The first chapter deals with the definition of the notion nature , with Wordsworth s development of perceiving of nature and with the main motives in his poems relating to his conception of nature. Next chapter discusses principal points of Preface to Lyrical Ballads, namely spontaneous overflow of the poet s feelings, men of simple habits, Wordsworth s language and his use of poetic figures. The last chapter handles with Tintern Abbey , summarizing the poet s conception of nature, with its analysis and application of the theory of The Preface on Tintern Abbey . At the end of the chapter, the degree to which the poem is in accordance with The Preface is evaluated.