With the advancement of science and importance given to reason, poetry based on emotions went out of fashion.So the latter part of the seventeenth century and in the early part of the eighteenth century it was replaced by a keen interest in science, philosophy...etc.Thus we see in the poetry of Dryden very little use is made of image and symbols.
William Wordsworth created a new trend by keeping out serious intellectual concern from poetry and concentrating on emotions.In the preface of his first publication William Wordsworth explains his idea of what poetry should be.He believed that it was the poet's sacred duty to communicate as wide an audience as possible.He says that "poet is a man speaking to men in the language of men". So in his poetry he uses simple and clear language that could be understood by ordinary people.His topics were also drawn from common life.Another important remark by him was that poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.It takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.So in poems we can't see direct experience of poets but what is created in the imagination of the poet, after careful selection and modification of the impressions gained through the experience.Because of this his poetry has a dream world quality and he came to be known as Romantic.
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