At the end of the 18th century, poet William Wordsworth helped found the Romantic movement in English literature. He also wrote "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
Poem:
> Tintern Abbey
> The Solitary Reaper
> Michael
> Daffodils ( To Daffodils-Robert Harrick )
> Immortality Ode
> To Milton
> The Excursion ( Nature Based )
> Ode to duty
> Lasdamia
> My hearts leaps up when I behold
Synopsis
Born in England in 1770, poet William Wordsworth worked with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads (1798). The collection, which contained Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey," introduced Romanticism to English poetry. Wordsworth also showed his affinity for nature with the famous poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." He became England's poet laureate in 1843, a role he held until his death in 1850.
Early Life
Wordsworth’s mother died when he was 7, and he was an orphan at 13. Despite these losses, he did well at Hawkshead Grammar School—where he wrote his first poetry—and went on to study at Cambridge University. He did not excel there, but managed to graduate in 1791.Wordsworth had visited France in 1790 in the midst of the French Revolution and was a supporter of the new government’s republican ideals.
Young Poet
Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The two became friends, and together worked on Lyrical Ballads(1798). The volume contained poems such as Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey," and helped Romanticism take hold in English poetry.
Evolving Poetry and Philosophy
As he grew older, Wordsworth began to reject radicalism. He was an ardent supporter of the conservative Tories. He had reached a zenith of creativity between 1798 and 1808.In 1843, Wordsworth became England's poet laureate, a position he held for the rest of his life. At the age of 80, he died on April 23, 1850, at his home in Rydal Mount, Westmorland, England.
Important work
Literature:
> Lyrical Ballads
> Lyrical Ballads
> Thanks Giving Ode
> The River Duddon ( A series of sonnets )
> Ecclesiastical Sketches
> The Prelude or Growth of poet's mind ( আত্মজীবনী )
> Tintern Abbey
> The Solitary Reaper
> Michael
> Daffodils ( To Daffodils-Robert Harrick )
> Immortality Ode
> To Milton
> The Excursion ( Nature Based )
> Ode to duty
> Lasdamia
> My hearts leaps up when I behold
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