1. 1. The poet has a great sensibilty amd ability to see into the heart of things
1.1. 2. The power of immagination enables him to communicate his knowledge
1.1.1. 3. His task consosists in drawing attention to the ordinary things of life and to the humblest people
1.1.1.1. 4. Wordsworth abandoned the 18th century heroic couplet
1.1.1.1.1. 5. He almost always used blank verse, though he proved skilful at several verse forms
2. The relationship between man and nature
2.1. 1. Wordsworth believes that man and nature are inseparable
2.1.1. 2. His poetry offers a detailed account of the complex interaction between man and nature
2.1.1.1. 3. In his pantheistic view, he saw nature as something that incluedes both inanimate and human nature
2.1.1.1.1. 4. Nature is a source of pleasure and joy
3. The importance of the senses and memory
3.1. 1. For Wordsworth nature was also a world of sense perceptions
3.1.1. 3. He believes that our moral character develops during childhood as a result of the pleasure and pain caused by our physical experiences
3.1.1.1. 4. Memory, is a major force in the process of growth of the poet’s mind and moral character
3.1.1.1.1. 5. This Memory, allows Wordsworth to give poetry its life and power
3.1.2. 2. He used the sensibilty of the eye and ear.
4. The poet’s task and style
5. Life and works
6. The manifesto of English Romanticism
6.1. 1. He proposed a poetry originating not in the extraordinary but in the ordinary
6.1.1. 1. He was born in Cumberland in 1770
6.1.1.1. 2. He graduated at Cambridge university in 1791
6.1.1.1.1. 3. He met Coleridge in 1795
6.1.2. 2. His strongest objection in the 18th century poetry was its elevated language which he called “poetic diction”
6.1.2.1. 3. He would deal with man,nature and everyday things
6.1.2.1.1. 4. The language should be simple,because in rural life man is nearer his own passion