Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1746 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Reading Romanticism as Formlessness
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The idea
The Advertisement argues for ordinary language, not for abandoning craft. Lyrical Ballads is full of ballad stanzas and controlled metre. An option calling a Romantic poem loose or artless has confused a programme about diction with one about form.
In practice
Plain diction, controlled form.
Where people slip
Diction and form are separate claims.
Your place on the trail
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