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An expanded edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, was published in two volumes in 1800 under Wordsworth's name. The second volume consisted solely of poems written by Wordsworth, including four out of the five famous "Lucy poems." The second edition also added a Preface in which Wordsworth introduced his poetic theories. The third edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems, was published in 1802 followed by the last authorized edition in 1805.

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  • An expanded edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, was published in two volumes in 1800 under Wordsworth's name. The second volume consisted solely of poems written by Wordsworth, including four out of the five famous "Lucy poems." The second edition also added a Preface in which Wordsworth introduced his poetic theories. The third edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems, was published in 1802 followed by the last authorized edition in 1805.
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  • An expanded edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, was published in two volumes in 1800 under Wordsworth's name. The second volume consisted solely of poems written by Wordsworth, including four out of the five famous "Lucy poems." The second edition also added a Preface in which Wordsworth introduced his poetic theories. The third edition, Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and Other Poems, was published in 1802 followed by the last authorized edition in 1805. Lyrical Ballads was planned by the two poets, who were close friends at the time, as a collaboration featuring two types of poems based on the same poetic principles. Coleridge was to write poems involving the supernatural or the romantic, but portrayed with such true emotions as to promote suspension of disbelief. Wordsworth was to contribute poems about ordinary everyday life, but colored with imagination to give them novelty and excite a feeling of wonder. In other words, Coleridge was to make the unbelievable believable while Wordsworth endeavored to make the usual unusual, both through the application of human emotions and imagination to poetry. The idea was revolutionary and controversial at the time because poetry then was considered a higher art form with strict standards and requirements for formal style as well as intellectually "worthy" subject matters. The book was initially poorly received. The Ancient Mariner was called "unintelligible," and Wordsworth's poems were criticized for their "uninteresting" subjects. Eventually, however, Lyrical Ballads was recognized as a seminal work signaling the beginning of the Romantic movement in English poetry. Today it is considered to be one of the most important volumes of English verse for its role in ushering in the modern era of poetry.
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