William Wordsworth - Wikipedia Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850 He remains one of the most recognizable names in English poetry and was a key figure of the Romantic poets
William Wordsworth | Famous Poems, Books, Biography, Daffodils, Lucy . . . William Wordsworth was an English poet who was a central figure in the English Romantic revolution in poetry His Lyrical Ballads (1798), which he wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is one of the Romantic movement’s primary works
About William Wordsworth | Academy of American Poets Wordsworth’s most famous work, The Prelude (Edward Moxon, 1850), is considered by many to be the crowning achievement of English Romanticism The poem, revised numerous times, chronicles the spiritual life of the poet and marks the birth of a new genre of poetry
Poems By William Wordsworth | Wordsworth Grasmere Wordsworth’s poetry was written in the language of ordinary people, to show that “men who do not wear fine clothes can feel deeply” Scroll down to the bottom of this page to explore some of its themes, questions and ideas
About William Wordsworth (Biography Facts) - Poem Analysis William Wordsworth, one of the most celebrated poets of the Romantic era, was a master of capturing the beauty and power of nature in his works His famous poems continue to inspire readers and nature enthusiasts alike, making Wordsworth a timeless literary figure
William Wordsworth | The Poetry Foundation Wordsworth is best known for Lyrical Ballads, co-written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Prelude, a Romantic epic poem chronicling the “growth of a poet’s mind ” Wordsworth’s deep love for the “beauteous forms” of the natural world was established early
William Wordsworth - New World Encyclopedia Wordsworth, more than any English writer, influenced the Victorian poets of the subsequent half of the nineteenth century The second of five children, William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland—part of the scenic region in northwest England called the Lake District
William Wordsworth - Historic UK One of England’s most beloved poets and a pioneer of Romanticism, William Wordsworth was made Poet Laureate in 1843 William was born in Cockermouth in Cumbria on 7th April 1770 to John Wordsworth, a legal agent and his wife Anne, and was the second of five children
William Wordsworth Biography - life, childhood, death, history, school . . . William Wordsworth was an early leader of romanticism (a literary movement that celebrated nature and concentrated on human emotions) in English poetry and ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature