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Biography. Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, Cumbria, in 1770, the son of an attorney. Both parents were dead by the time he was thirteen, a loss recorded in the early part of ‘The Prelude’ where he describes with vivid intensity his growing up in the country ‘foster’d alike by beauty and by fear’. After fitful study at St John’s ...
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.
Nov 18, 2021 · William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet, best known for Lyrical Ballads (1667), which he wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He and Coleridge helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature. Wordsworth is best known for The Prelude, which is a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he ...
Wordsworth’s works of poetry are filled with themes of death. Sometimes, he finds comfort in thoughts of the afterlife. Other times, he despairs. In his poem, ‘ Strange Fits of Passion have I known ,’ he describes the crippling fear of losing the one he loves. Throughout his poetry, the name Lucy nearly always refers to one he loved and lost.
William Wordsworth 101. Some of contemporary poetry’s roots in Wordsworth’s poetics. By Benjamin Voigt. Illustration by Sophie Herxheimer. “What is a poet?”. William Wordsworth asks in the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1800), and indeed few have answered that question with as decisive and lasting an impact as Wordsworth himself.
Also known as "Daffodils," this is a famous poem by William Wordsworth, a key figure in the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The poem reflects Wordsworth's focus on nature, imagination, and the power of memory. It is commonly regarded as his best poem and one of the greatest poems of the period.
The English poet William Wordsworth wrote and published “We Are Seven” in 1798. This poem first appeared in Lyrical Ballads, a poetry collection that contains works by both Wordsworth and his friend and collaborator Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
