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Wordsworth suggests that “by the act of writing in verse an Author makes a formal engagement that he will gratify certain known habits of association” (2). In what respect does he believe his poems may confound the expectations of his readers?
What might Wordsworth mean by “the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers” (2)? How, in his view, does his own poetry set itself apart from such work?
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A Complaint
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
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Daffodils
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ...
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London, 1802
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Lyrical Ballads
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My Heart Leaps Up
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
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She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
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She Was a Phantom of Delight
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The Prelude
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The Solitary Reaper
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The World Is Too Much with Us
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