[DOC] [TLE] Preface to Lyrical Ballads. William Wordsworth (1800). 1909-14 ... [PAR] For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: and ... to this 
tendency of life and manners the literature and theatrical exhibitions of the .... 
wherever it is made with true taste and feeling, will of itself form a distinction far 
..... with the various stages of meaning through which words have passed, or with 
the... [DOC] [TLE] What Does Wordsworth Mean by "Spontaneous ... - Literary Articles [PAR] Emotion Recollected in Tranquility. To begin with Wordsworth's words, I have 
said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin
... [DOC] [TLE] Wordsworth and Coleridge: Emotion, Imagination and Complexity [PAR] During the 18th century the catchphrase of literature and art was reason. ... These 
two points form the basis for Wordsworth's explanation of the process of writing ... 
the poet can reconstruct the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" the .... 
and modern critical practice has not yet fully distilled the potential meaning to be
... [DOC] [TLE] Toward a Definition of Romanticism - The History Guide [PAR] The term Romantic as a designation for a school of literature opposed to the 
Classic ... Both William Wordsworth (in The Prelude) and Lord Byron (in Childe 
Harold's ... that "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. 
... of a spiritual force immanent not only in the forms of nature but "in the mind of 
man. [DOC] [TLE] Romanticism - The Calverton School [PAR] The Englishmen William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge together ... period 
poets and prose writers tended to share the assumption that all literature was ... 
Now no longer would poets write in "dead" forms; now they had discovered a ... I 
have said that [Romantic] poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
;... [DOC] [TLE] Lyrical Ballads - Definition of Literary Term [PAR] It was now for the first time that the two friends: William Wordsworth and S.T. ... In 
the 'preface', poetry was defined as the spontaneous overflow of powerful 
feelings, ... of poetic creation and disclaimed conventional literary forms and 
subjects. [DOC] [TLE] Romanticism - Academic Home Page [PAR] Feb 12, 2009 ... Wordsworth's definition of all good poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of 
powerful feelings" marks a turning point in literary history. By locating... [DOC] [TLE] The Role of Emotions in Wordsworth and Eliot Anton ... - XLinguae [PAR] Introduction. Literature has always been closely associated with emotion. ... 
experience with reality, in a vivid (emotional) and persuasive form (The Defense 
of. Poesy) ... I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful 
feelings: ... Due to the above definition, the Preface has become almost as 
famous as the. [DOC] [TLE] Romantic Aesthetics: Wordsworth and Baudelaire | Literaturesalon's ... [PAR] Sep 22, 2010 ... Wordsworth's famous definition of poetry in the 1802 Preface to the Lyrical 
Ballads as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" applied not only to a
 ... Literature and poetry become above all else an expression of human .... and 
meaning through art risks converting aesthetics into a form of rational... [DOC] [TLE] Wordsworth Preface Lyrical Ballads - WikiEducator [PAR] Jun 5, 2012 ... Definition of Poetry ... However, Wordsworth is perhaps the only romantic poet 
who made his ... and therefore, Wordsworth's literary criticism ceases to be 
criticism in ... into poetic experience which forms the basis of poetic composition. 
.... opinion that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. [DOC] [TLE] emotions recollected in anquility - International Journal of ... [PAR] Department of English Literature ... direction of thought adds a depth of meaning 
and truth to poetry. ... 'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' (
Wordsworth,1989:57)1 as evidence but overlook ... These beauteous forms. [DOC] [TLE] Romantic poetry - Wikipedia [PAR] Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and 
intellectual ... In England the poet William Wordsworth was actively engaged in 
trying to ... defined good poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
", ... difficulty of composition

Question: Wordsworth defined this form of literature as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"
Answer: poetry