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Wordsworth s poetry is celebrated for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, the love of nature it expresses, and its representation of commonplace things and events. William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 was an english romantic poet who, with samuel taylor coleridge, helped to launch the romantic age in english literature with their joint publication lyrical ballads 1798. Books by william wordsworth author of lyrical ballads goodreads. The tables turned by william wordsworth poetry foundation. Jul 11, 2019 william wordsworth was a british writer who, with samuel taylor coleridge, authored lyrical ballads. Wordsworth, born in his beloved lake district, was the son of an attorney. Poetry library selected poems blake wordsworth poetry. William relied on her taste, perceptions and artistic sensibility, and he needed them for the creation of his poetry. In 1798 he published the lyrical ballads with coleridge, settling shortly after in dove cottage, grasmere with his sister, dorothy. William wordsworth was one of the fathers of the romantic poetry movement. Discover librarianselected research resources on william wordsworth from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. In the third book of the prelude wordsworth recorded his reactions to life at cambridge and his changing attitude toward his studies.
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Dorothy wordsworth in her journal july 31, 1802, described the scene as she and her brother left london, early in the morning, for their monthlong visit to calais. 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. Lets begin with the poetry itself, for which youve chosen stephen gills oxford authors collection. The everymans pocket poets wordsworth edition is among the best of the singlevolume collections of wordsworth poetry.
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