The first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published in 1798 The idea was to write a new kind of poetry,which could be read and understood by everybody. 5 It was here that Coleridge's "Rime ofthe Ancient Mariner and Wordsworth's"Tintern Abbey"first appeared. These poems remain among the most famous and best loved of the poets work. TheTitle The two words in the title stem from different traditions in the history ofpoetry,and have different characteristics. By combining them in the title,Wordsworth and Coleridge 10 indicated that they were involved in a fresh interpretation of old traditions. In ancient Greece,a lyric was a song to accompany music from a lyre(a stringed instrument). Later the word was used for any short poem in which personal moods and emotions were expressed Nowadays the words ofpopular songs are called lyrics. all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings(Preface to Lyrical Ballads,1802) (100')The first edition of Lyrical Ballads was published in 1798. The idea was to write a new kind of poetry, which could be read and understood by everybody. It was here that Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” first appeared. These poems remain among the most famous and best loved of the poets work. The Title The two words in the title stem from different traditions in the history of poetry, and have different characteristics. By combining them in the title, Wordsworth and Coleridge indicated that they were involved in a fresh interpretation of old traditions. In ancient Greece, a lyric was a song to accompany music from a lyre (a stringed instrument). Later the word was used for any short poem in which personal moods and emotions were expressed. Nowadays the words of popular songs are called lyrics. all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings (Preface to Lyrical Ballads, 1802) 5’ 10’ (100’)