Thinking activity on wordsworth preface.

.what is the basic difference between the poetic creed of classicism and Romanticism. Classical poets were followed classical masters like Plato,Aristotle,socrates but Romantics poets were followed medieval poets and writers. Romantic writers were not believe any kind of restrictions but they believed in liberty and freedom of emotions and imagination but classical writers believe in restrictions. . why does wordsworth says what is poet rather than who is poet? Wordsworth focus upon the role of poet.A poet has a grater knowledge of human nature,lively sensibility,used the words quite platonic. . Poetic Diction is a one kind of language used in poetry.It is unique style.Wordsworth used the language which is "really used by men". .Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling it takes origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. . Wordsworth's definition of poetry is realated to one of his famous poem 'Daffodils".It is in four stanzas and first three stanzas are written the past tense and last one is present tense.so he recollecting nature in the last stanza.