Make a comment on William Wordsworth.
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正确答案:(1) William Wordsworth is the representative of the passive Romantic poets who expressed the deepest aspirations of English Romanticism. He saw nature and man with new eyes. His whole work is an attempt to communicate that new vision. (2) Wordsworth" s poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language. It was his theory that the language spoken by the peasants when purified from its defects was the best of all. (3) His theory and practice in poetical creation started from a dissatisfaction with the social reality under capitalism and hinted at the thought of " back to nature" and " back to the patriarchal system of the old time". (4) Nearly all of his good poetry was written during the first decade of his literary career (1798 - 1807) when he still kept his early political enthusiasm or at least retained some contact with the real life of his time. After that his poetical talent obviously declined with his living in total seclusion and his turning more and more conservative in political views. His later writings were full of mysticism and many of them unreadable. His " decline and fall" has become a frequent topic of criticism.
(1)WilliamWordsworthistherepresentativeofthepassiveRomanticpoets,whoexpressedthedeepestaspirationsofEnglishRomanticism.Hesawnatureandmanwithneweyes.Hiswholeworkisanattempttocommunicatethatnewvision.(2)Wordsworth"spoetryisdistinguishedbythesimplicityandpurityofhislanguage.Itwashistheorythatthelanguagespokenbythepeasants,whenpurifiedfromitsdefects,wasthebestofall.(3)Histheoryandpracticeinpoeticalcreationstartedfromadissatisfactionwiththesocialrealityundercapitalism,andhintedatthethoughtof"backtonature"and"backtothepatriarchalsystemoftheoldtime".(4)Nearlyallofhisgoodpoetrywaswrittenduringthefirstdecadeofhisliterarycareer(1798-1807),whenhestillkepthisearlypoliticalenthusiasmoratleastretainedsomecontactwiththereallifeofhistime.Afterthat,hispoeticaltalentobviouslydeclinedwithhislivingintotalseclusionandhisturningmoreandmoreconservativeinpoliticalviews.Hislaterwritingswerefullofmysticismandmanyofthemunreadable.His"declineandfall"hasbecomeafrequenttopicofcriticism.
