Life
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Influenced by French revolutionary ideals.
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Rheumatism => large use of opium.
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Collaboration with Wordsworth.
Importance
of imagination
C
divided imagination in 2 part:
- Primary imagination => connected with human perceptions (every body have this, but uses it unconsciously).
- Secondary imagination => voluntary and use consciously, dissolves in order to re-create.
The
power of fancy
Fancy
is the mechanical ability of the poet to use devices, like metaphors,
alliterations in poetry, in order to express his ideas.
The
way in which he could communicate his ideas and visions to everybody
(enables
the poet to blend various ingredients into beautiful images)
Importance
of Nature
-Nature
is not a moral guide or a source of consolation and happiness.
-Nature
in neo platonic interpretation, as the reflection of the perfect word
of ideas.
