Concetti Chiave
- William Wordsworth was a key figure in the first generation of Romantic poets, known as "The Lakists", and collaborated with Coleridge on "The Lyrical Ballads".
- Wordsworth believed poets should use simple, accessible language to connect with the general public, focusing on everyday situations and humble characters.
- Wordsworth's poetry often featured children and the poor as protagonists, portraying them as purer and closer to God, with an emphasis on lost innocence.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born in Devonshire, collaborated with Wordsworth and contributed "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to "The Lyrical Ballads".
- "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" tells the story of a cursed mariner who must wander the earth, eternally sharing his tale of survival and supernatural events.
• William Wordswort
He was born in Cumberland near London, in the Lake District, in 1770. He received a good education (he attend Cambridge University). As a young man Wordsworth was a supporter of the French revolution but when the revolution culminated in the reign of terror, he got disillusioned and he had a nervous breakdown. He went back to England and he moved to the Lake District. In England we have 2 generation of romantic poet, the first generations consist of Wordswort and Coleridge. They were also called “The Lakists”; they composed “The Lyrical Ballads”.
For Wordswort the poet was “a man speaking to other man” so the language used was simply and comprehensible for the majority of the reading public. The events told in his poems were taken from “Everyday situations”; the protagonist were humble and poor people and children because were considered purer and nearer to God. The child was the most uncorrupted being; as the child grow up, he lost innocence.
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He was born in Devonshire in 1772; after attending the local school he went to university, but he took no degree. He was also influenced by the French Revolution and he was later disillusioned.
He moved to Lake District where he made friends with Wordswort and they started a work collaboration by publishing the “Lyrical Ballads” his contribution was “The rime of the ancient mariner”.
. The rime of the ancient mariner.
This story is told by a mariner during a marriage, which tells of how his ship had been blocked by ice at the South Pole and how the arrival of an albatross has brought a good luck with breaking the ice, but the fleet was hit by a curse and all the sailors died except one, who had killed the bird, and he tells his story to the people he met. At the end, “Death” and “Life in death” come to play dice. Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the mariner: he has to wander the earth and tell eternally his story.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual era la visione di William Wordsworth sulla poesia e il linguaggio poetico?
- Qual è il contributo di Samuel Taylor Coleridge alle "Lyrical Ballads"?
- Cosa accade al marinaio nella storia "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Per Wordsworth, il poeta era "un uomo che parla ad altri uomini", quindi il linguaggio usato era semplice e comprensibile per la maggior parte del pubblico lettore. Gli eventi narrati nei suoi poemi erano tratti da "situazioni quotidiane" e i protagonisti erano persone umili e povere, considerati più puri e vicini a Dio.
Il contributo di Coleridge alle "Lyrical Ballads" è stato "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", una storia raccontata da un marinaio durante un matrimonio, che narra di come la sua nave sia stata bloccata dai ghiacci al Polo Sud e di come l'arrivo di un albatros abbia portato fortuna, ma anche una maledizione.
Nella storia, il marinaio uccide un albatros, portando una maledizione sulla flotta. Tutti i marinai muoiono tranne lui, che deve vagare per la terra e raccontare eternamente la sua storia, poiché "Morte" e "Vita nella morte" giocano a dadi per le vite dell'equipaggio e la sua.
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