Concetti Chiave
- William Wordsworth, a key figure in early English romanticism, views the poet as a sensitive individual capable of communicating profound truths using simple language.
- Imagination for Wordsworth is the ability to perceive beyond the physical, allowing the poet to access deeper truths unseen by the rational mind.
- Memory plays a crucial role in Wordsworth's poetry, transforming past emotions into creative inspiration, as seen in his poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud."
- Nature is central to Wordsworth's work, seen as a teacher offering wisdom and virtue, contrasting the purity of childhood with the corruption of adulthood.
- Wordsworth occasionally depicts urban settings positively, as in "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge," where London is transformed into a serene, natural scene.
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth is one of the emblematic figures of early English romanticism.
The role of the poet:
Although to him the poet is not a superior person but a man talking to another, a poet is also like a teacher that pass his knowledge using a simple language. He stands apart from other men because his higher degree of sensibility and imaginative capacity that let him reach the very essence of things and communicate in a simple and unelaborate language.
The role of imagination:
Imagination is the capacity that permit the poet to see behind the observed object. A special insight, intuition that the eyes of the soul can see because farther and deeper than the eyes of the mind.
The role of memory:
when we say that Wordsworth describe natural and simple objects we need to bear in mind that he does not look at them with cold realism and objective observation but through the eyes of memory, which recollects lost emotions. To him poetry is the “spontaneous overflow of power feelings”. These feelings though are not immediate but originated from “emotion recollected in tranquility”. A reorganized thought.
The best example if the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. He remember the sight of a field of daffodils. The feelings during the sight of this field when he was walking are loneliness and passivity while the memory of the sight delight him and turns feelings into happiness. This also because memory blow up the images. (Imagination and memory are strictly connected).
The role of nature:
He draws his inspiration from every-day life and above all natural environments. The subjects he write about are mostly simple people living in the countryside (and not in town), close to nature (an important theme in Wordsworth poetry). To Wordsworth man and nature were different but inseparable parts of a whole universe created by God. Nature as a living presence speaking to those who were able to enter into intimate relationship with her and understand her language. Nature is like a teacher through whom men can gain virtue and wisdom. That is why he sees a strong difference between childhood and adulthood.
Childhood indeed, is pureness and innocence, Children have no prejudices differently from adults which are corrupts by the material world. The farther you are from nature the farther you are from God and better values.
The only time Wordsworth describe a city as London in a positive way is in the poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802”.Here the city is seen through a different light, in the morning.
“All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”. Since it is not the every-day London, its vision is different. He admires the beauty of the city from a distance assimilating its natural setting. The use of personification transforms the city into a living being.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es el papel del poeta según William Wordsworth?
- ¿Cómo describe Wordsworth el papel de la imaginación en la poesía?
- ¿Qué importancia tiene la memoria en la poesía de Wordsworth?
- ¿Cuál es la relación entre el hombre y la naturaleza en la obra de Wordsworth?
- ¿Cómo percibe Wordsworth la diferencia entre la infancia y la adultez?
Para Wordsworth, el poeta no es una persona superior, sino un hombre que habla con otro. Sin embargo, se distingue por su mayor sensibilidad y capacidad imaginativa, lo que le permite alcanzar la esencia de las cosas y comunicarse en un lenguaje simple. El poeta tiene la misión de abrir las almas de los hombres a la realidad interior de la Naturaleza y la alegría que puede ofrecer.
La imaginación es la capacidad que permite al poeta ver más allá del objeto observado. Es una intuición especial que los ojos del alma pueden ver, más allá y más profundo que los ojos de la mente.
Wordsworth no observa los objetos naturales y simples con realismo frío, sino a través de los ojos de la memoria, que recoge emociones perdidas. Para él, la poesía es el "desbordamiento espontáneo de sentimientos poderosos", originados a partir de "emociones recordadas en tranquilidad".
Para Wordsworth, el hombre y la naturaleza son partes diferentes pero inseparables de un universo creado por Dios. La naturaleza es una presencia viva que habla a quienes pueden establecer una relación íntima con ella y entender su lenguaje, actuando como una maestra que otorga virtud y sabiduría.
Wordsworth ve la infancia como pureza e inocencia, sin prejuicios, a diferencia de los adultos, que están corrompidos por el mundo material. Cuanto más lejos se está de la naturaleza, más lejos se está de Dios y de los valores mejores.
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