The poet William Wordsworth summed up romanticism in literature with this statement.All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.Which theme of romanticism was Wordsworth referring to?

Wordsworth’s phrase “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” emphasizes emotion as the source of poetry. Romantic writers valued strong feelings and imagination, so the theme is emotion, not nature, ordinary people, or individualism.

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