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William Wordsworth, who rallied for “common speech” within poems and argued against the poetic biases of the period, wrote some of the most influential poetry in Western literature, including his most famous work, The Prelude, which is often considered to be the crowning achievement of English romanticism.
William Wordsworth was a leading Romantic movement figure known for his poems about nature and childhood. 'To A Butterfly' shares many of the same themes and concerns as Wordsworth's best-known poetry, including the power of nature to evoke deep emotions and the importance of childhood memories.
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 ...
ウィリアム・ワーズワス （William Wordsworth、 1770年 4月7日 - 1850年 4月23日 ）は、 イギリス の代表的な ロマン派 詩人 である。. 湖水地方 をこよなく愛し、純朴であると共に情熱を秘めた自然讃美の詩を書いた。. 同じくロマン派の詩人である サミュエル ...
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 ...
In Wordsworth’s poetry, childhood is a magical, magnificent time of innocence. Children form an intense bond with nature, so much so that they appear to be a part of the natural world, rather than a part of the human, social world.
Any readers familiar with William Wordsworth’s poetry, such as 'Lucy Gray,' know that the death of a child is a common theme throughout his works. Wordsworth suffered the loss of his own son and daughter, and those deaths seem to forever haunt him.
