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Compare Aristotle’s theory of "mimesis" (imitation) with Wordsworth’s idea of "poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." What do these two theories reveal about the fundamental nature of poetry and the relationship between the poet, the poem, and the external world?

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  • 籍祥如意 05-10

    1. Aristotle: Poetry as Mimesis (Imitation) • Core claim: Poetry is fundamentally an imitation of actions, characters and external human life, a mimetic representation of reality. • Poet's role: A rational craftsman who reproduces the universal truth of the external world through deliberate observation and representation. • Relation to the world: The external world is the object and source of poetry; the poem's truth depends on its faithful reflection of reality outside the self.

     2. Wordsworth: Poetry as Spontaneous Overflow of Emotion • Core claim: Poetry is the expression of the poet's powerful inner feelings, triggered by personal experience of the external world. • Poet's role: A person of exceptional sensibility, whose creation originates from spontaneous emotional outpouring refined by later reflection, not deliberate craft. • Relation to the world: The external world is only the stimulus of emotion, not the object of imitation; the poem is a projection of the poet's inner lived experience.

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