William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… endeavours to speak in ‘the real language of men in a state of vivid excitement’. 2 The linguistic and sociological ‘experiments’ ( Prose I, 116) that he conducts in Lyrical Ballads give expression to his social awareness, with a … friendship with S. T. Coleridge, who co-authored the volume. The poems of this period thus materialise the poetic experimentations, mutual influence, and intellectual creativity that united both poets. 2 . William Wordsworth, The …
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