![]() ![]() It was there that the two poets took the series of walks the fruit of which was to be the Lyrical Ballads.Īfter a visit to Germany in 1798-99, the Wordsworth settled in the Lake District, which was to be their home for the future. ![]() With his sister Dorothy (henceforward his lifelong companion), he settled in a little cottage in Dorset then, having met Coleridge, they moved to Alfoxden, a house in Somersetshire, in order to live near him. Even, yet, however, he thought of becoming a Girondin, or moderate Republican, but his allowance from was stopped, and he returned to England. He returned to Paris in 1792, just after the September massacres, and the sights and stories that greeted him there shook his faith in the dominant political doctrine. An enthusiasm for the revolution was aroused in him he himself has chronicled the mood in one of the happiest passages: After spending a few months in London, he crossed over to France (1791), stayed at Orleans and Blois for nearly a year. His work at the university was quite undistinguished, and having graduated in 1791, he left with no career in view. Subsequently, Wordsworth went to Cambridge, entering St John’s College in 1757. The elder Wordsworth left very little money, and that was mainly in the form of a claim on Lord Lonsdale, who refused outright to pay his debt, so that William had to depend on the generosity of two uncles, who paid for his schooling at Hawkshead, near lake Windermere. His father, who was a lawyer, died when William was thirteen years old. William Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, a town is actually outside the Lake District. A Short History of William Wordsworth’s Life The poet went against the Neo-Classical style of poetry that stressed on about kings and princes, Lords and Ladies and other contemporary topics. Wordsworth brought in a new era of poetry where nature was represented, appreciated and coloured with imagination. Wordsworth is also considered to be the “Highest Priest of Nature’ for his spiritual admiration of mother of Nature. Wordsworth is known for his poems such as ‘Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey’, ’Lucy Gray’, ‘I wandered Lonely As A Cloud’, ‘The Solitary Reaper’ and many other remarkable pieces of Romantic poetry. Legendary William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the greatest Nature Poet of the Romantic Age and “the Muse of English Poetry” in true sense. Vivid picture of mountains, rocks, rivers and trees in his poems shows his TRUE love for the NATURE. Wordsworth was of belief that harmonious existence of humans alone can give true happiness, kind heart and universal brotherhood. P.B Shelly another great poet of romanticism called him “Poet of nature” and he himself called him “A Worshiper of Nature. Not only are these poems about war, but those also deal with political aspects as well.William Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature is the TRUE alter ego of Wordswoth. There is a sense of nationalism, something not that was not frequently seen in his prior poetry. He believed Bonaparte no longer possessed one after his ways of war. He warns people of the dangers of war not only the loss of life but what it does to a man's soul. (Cronin 35) In these poems, Wordsworth speaks to his homeland, and in some instances, it sounds as if Wordsworth is speaking for his homeland as well. Land is a living covenant between them and their ancestors. Whole nation the “consciousness” shared by the Westmorland statesmen that their ![]() The war, Wordsworth suggests, has worked to reawaken in the These poems all deal with either politics, the war itself and the hopes and fears that he has for his homeland in the time of war. At the center of this collection of works is s section titled "Sonnets Dedicated to Liberty". The poems were seen as "a response to an urgent national crisis." (Cronin 33) The poems start out written by a man who is extremely proud of his local roots, but ends up being a collection of poems with extreme national pride. This is seen most in his collection "Poems of 1807". William Wordsworth's poetry began to become very influenced by politics and war with the start of the Napoleonic Wars.
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