William Wordsworths Preface to Lyrical Ballads is an enduring appeal to literary poets and readers alike. In this extraordinary preface, Wordsworth establishes a vision of poetry that aims to form a new kind of poetry and poetic form. Wordsworths vision is to create a poetry that is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. He is asking poets to break away from writing overly-structured and metrical poetry to instead write poetry that conveys genuine emotions. Wordsworth explains that true poetry comes from the writers innermost feelings. He believes that the language used to express these feelings should be simple, natural and unaffected. He also believes that language should be directly related to the objects of their thoughts. He calls this type of poetry Experimental Poetry. He also expresses how ideas, feelings and imagination should be used in poetry to create a particular effect upon the reader. He emphasizes how the power of imagination should be used to create a more powerful and sophisticated kind of writing. He claims that these works should end in an emotion which is the spirit of all poetry. Wordsworth warns poets and readers to be wary of the false emotions found in the world of works that contain more structure and less feeling. These works may be beautiful, but he believes that the emotions within those works are hollow and not sincere. Wordsworth calls for a look back to nature for authentic inspiration. He wants readers and writers alike to remember that genuine writing and emotions stem from nature and life experiences. Ultimately, Wordsworths Preface to Lyrical Ballads creates a vision of sincere and powerful writing as an antidote to an overstuffed literary culture. In this appeal, Wordsworth declares a new form of poetry that relies on emotion and imagination to stimulate readers and encourages them to immerse themselves in the beauty of nature.