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William Wordsworth’s ‘ The Tables Turned ‘ compares the wisdom of nature to the knowledge of books in an ironic turn of events. In ‘ The Tables Turned ,’ Wordsworth reflects on the value of nature and the importance of being in touch with the natural world. He encourages the reader to step away from the distractions of modern life and ...
William Wordsworth born 7 April 1770, at Cockermouth, his boyhood was happy; he could roam among the fields of his beloved countryside, in company with Nature and the books he loved (see The Prelude). Sent to St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1787, but subsequently, attracted by the hopes born of the French Revolution, lived for some while in ...
Oct 6, 2018 · by Charles Eager. William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in 1770—the same year as gave us Beethoven, Hegel, and Hölderlin—and died at the age of eighty, rich in the knowledge of his huge accomplishments, in Rydal Mount, Westmorland, in 1850.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see William Wordsworth . William Wordsworth, (born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Eng.—died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland), English poet. Orphaned at age 13, Wordsworth attended Cambridge University, but he remained rootless and virtually penniless until 1795, when a ...
May 28, 2020 · Contribution of William Wordsworth to Romantic Poetry. After all the poets of Romantic Age, Wordsworth is regarded as the greatest one. In fact, he is also considered as one of the greatest poets of all time, period. William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, United Kingdom, to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson.
Mar 6, 2017 · William Wordsworth (1770-1850) became ‘Romanticism’, in many ways: he came to embody the starting-point of English Romanticism through his early collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads (1798) and his famous preface, published two years later in the second edition, calling for poetry which uses direct, natural human speech rather than overly ornate language and diction.
William Wordsworth died on April 23rd, 1850, at his home in Rydal Mount from complications associated with pleurisy. His poem, ‘ The Prelude,’ was published posthumously by his wife. It is today considered to be the most important achievement of English Romanticism. Read an extract from ‘The Prelude,’ titled ‘ Boat Stealing,’ here.
