Question

Read the lines from Wordsworth's preface to the second edition of Lyrical Ballads and answer the question. The subject is indeed important! For the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this . . . . It has therefore appeared to me that to endeavour to produce or enlarge this capability is one of the best services in which, at any period, a Writer can be engaged; but this service, excellent at all times, is especially so at the present day. Wordsworth argues that the poet's function is more necessary than ever in his day because _____ and _____. Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option B and C

Explanation:

Complete Question:

Select all that apply.

A- Peaceful times have lulled people into boredom

B- People are being crowded into fast-growing cities

C- Repetitive factory jobs drive people to seek sensation

D- People are seeking sources of entertainment other than plays.

Wordsworth's preface to the second edition of Lyrical Ballads is an essay written for a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1800. From the excerpt, Wordsworth discusses and expatiate the capabilities of the human mind. he tells his readers that the mind is capable of being occupied and excited without the need to look for "gross" and "violent" stimulants.

Wordsworth wrote his preface at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century which influence his writing in referring to the changes that are going on in society at the period.  The change that follows the Industrial Revolution had an influence on society which leads to people been crowded into fast-growing cities to seek employment away from rural areas and this leads them to often took repetitive factory jobs that drove them to seek sensation and liberation of the mind. Wordsworth believed that a writer' task is to be engaging in ways to stimulate and liberate the minds of his audience.

Therefore, from the excerpt the following:

People are being crowded into fast-growing cities

Repetitive factory jobs drive people to seek sensation  

provide supports argues that the poet's function is more necessary than ever in his day