He sought, as explained through the preface, to create poetry that used language “really used by men” and avoided the poetic diction of the previous periods. When the second edition was published two years later, Wordsworth was the only one listed as a contributor. ![]() ’ The poems in this collection are some of the most important and widely read in the English language. ’ Coleridge famously contributed ‘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It included poems like ‘ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey ,’ ‘ Lines Written in Early Spring ,’ and ‘ We are Seven. His first complete poetic publication appeared in 1793 and was titled An Evening Walk it was followed that same year by Descriptive Sketches.Ī few years later he met fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge with whom he’d publish his best-known collection, Lyrical Ballads. It appeared in 1798 and is today considered to be the start of the Romantic period in English literature. Around this same period of time, he went on a walking tour of Europe. This same year he started at St Johns College, Cambridge where he received a BA in 1791. Wordsworth’s poetry was first published in The European Magazine in 1787. Unfortunately, due to this, the two siblings did not end up seeing each other again for nine years. His mother, Ann, died in 1778, a few years before his father.Īfter his mother’s death, William’s father sent him away to Hawkshead Grammar School and sent his sister to live in Yorkshire with some relatives. His library was an essential resource in Wordsworth’s development. Despite this, there is evidence to suggest that John Wordsworth encouraged his son to read poems by John Milton, Edmund Spenser, and more. He died in 1783, having remained distant from his son throughout his life. William Wordsworth’s father was a legal representative and was often away from home. He wrote several poems with his sister in mind, or as a character in a broader setting. He maintained a strong relationship with her throughout his life. He was born a year before his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth. ![]() He also spent part of his youth in Penrith. ![]() The home is centered in the Lake District, the area that Wordsworth and many of his contemporaries came to be associated with. Wordsworth was the second of five children born to parents John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson in the now-historic Wordsworth House in, Cockermouth, Cumberland, or modern Cumbria.
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