William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

1. William Wordsworth - William Wordsworth was a romanticist. This was a movement in Europe in the 1700s made by artists and poets like Wordsworth. They believed that nature was a more powerful force than humanity.

   • William Wordsworth - "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility"

2. Romanticism - An artist like a writer, painter or a poet that tries to make a change using the romantic movement.

3. Mini Biography

   • William Wordsworth was born April 7 1770 in Cockermouth. He worked with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads in 1798. He wrote 'I wandered Lonely as a cloud'. This showed his love for nature and introduced the romantic movement. In 1843 Wordsworth became England's Poet laureate. He maintained this role until he died 27 April 1850.

4. William Wordsworth beliefs and ideals

   • Wordsworth believed in the the scenic Lake district rather than the Urban London. He believed that nature was more powerful than humanity because it could out live mankind. An example of his poems that resembled this was an extract from The Prelude. He mentions how he sees a mountain and it seems threatening. This makes him return the boat he stole. The mountains reflect the Lake district and how he prefers that to the urban London.

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