Wordsworth's remark on the language of Poetry

Wordsworth's remark on the language of Poetry
A striking aspect of Wordsworthian theory of poetry enunciated in his preface is the reflections on the ideal language of poetry. Revolting against the stylized and sophisticated diction of the 18th century Wordsworth proposes that the language most appropriate for use in poetry is the very language used by the low rustic people. He proceeds to remark that such a language is the most appropriate medium of poetry because it is derived from a genuine experience of the rustics who `hourly communicate with the best objects from which the best part of language is originally derived: Yet another reason for the choice of the rustics' language is that they, being less under the influence of social vanity and being away from' the complexities of urban living, generally "convey their feelings and notions in simple and unelaborated expressions.' According to Wordsworth such a language which is the genuine expression of the feelings and experiences of the rustics is more permanent and philosophical language than the artificial language produced and propagated by the Augustans before him. In fact, Wordsworth recommends a variety of language bearing the hall mark of spontaneity. His conviction is that since poetry is spontaneous, the medium it employs also must be spontaneous.

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