Poems, in Two Volumes
Poems, in Two Volumes is a collection of poetry by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, published in 1807.[1]
It contains many notable poems, including:
- "Resolution and Independence"
- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (sometimes anthologized as "The Daffodils")
- "My Heart Leaps Up"
- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
- "Ode to Duty"
- "The Solitary Reaper"
- "Elegiac Stanzas"
- "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"
- "London, 1802"
- "The World Is Too Much with Us"
Critical reception[]
Poems in Two Volumes has been considered to be the peak of Wordsworth's power, and of his popularity. However, it was poorly reviewed by Wordsworth's contemporaries, including Lord Byron,[2] whom Wordsworth would come to despise. Byron said of the volume, in one of its first reviews, "Mr. W[ordsworth] ceases to please, ... clothing [his ideas] in language not simple, but puerile".[3] Wordsworth himself wrote ahead to soften the thoughts of The Critical Review, hoping his friend Wrangham would push a softer approach. He succeeded in preventing a known enemy from writing the review, but it didn't help; as Wordsworth himself said, it was a case of "Out of the frying pan, into the fire". Of any positives within Poems in Two Volumes, perceived masculinity in "The Happy Warrior" was one. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" couldn't have been further from it. Wordsworth took the reviews stoically.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Poems in Two Volumes, by William Wordsworth, Author of The Lyrical Ballads. I. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orms. 1807. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Internet Archive.; Poems in Two Volumes, by William Wordsworth, Author of The Lyrical Ballads. II. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orms. 1807. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "William Wordsworth". Britain Express. 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ^ Byron, Baron George (1837). The works of Lord Byron complete in one volume. H.L. Broenner. p. 686. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- Works by William Wordsworth
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