LYRICAL BALLADS

LYRICAL BALLADS

Lyrical ballads is a collection of poems written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.It was originally published in 1798 as a direct response to the ideas and styles found in the Neoclassical era(1660-1798).

#Neoclassical_poetry

Poetry during Neoclassical age is called Neoclassical poetry which can be defined as the use of decorated language and formal rigid poetic form.Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson were Neoclassical poets.

#Lyrical_ballad_as_a_Callenge

Lyrical ballads was a clear and solid challenge and response to this literary tradition of Neoclassicism.The volume was reprinted in 1800 by Wordsworth and Coleridge with additional poems too.
In short we can say that Lyrical Ballads marked the end of Neoclassicism(1660 to 1798) and beginning of Romanticism(lasting from 1798 to 1850).
Romanticism is characterized by nature,imagination and the importance of personal experience rather than scientific logic.