Wordsworth's definition is that a poem is "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."

Then when comparing Stevens' work to Wordsworth's definition of poetry it becomes apparent that it is not a spontaneous overflow of emotions, but a well thought out idea.

Poetry, he wrote, is "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity."

His comedy Teton Tamuli and Bhoot Ne Bhram created spontaneous overflow of laughter among the readers and audiences.

To William Wordsworth poetry should be "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings".

He was also known as a surrealist poet for his spontaneous, frenzied overflow of subconscious mind in poetry and especially in diction.

Here, Wordsworth gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."

Here, Wordsworth also gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings from emotions recollected in tranquility."

William Wordsworth once said that all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

Our music and the words that frame them are essentially a spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion.