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UPON THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE by William Wordsworth: An Analysis
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William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (1770-1850) belongs to the first generation of the English Romantic poets. He was born on 7th April, 1770 at Cockermouth, Cumberland in the Lake Districts of Northern England. He lost his mother only at the age of eight and his father at the age of thirteen. Thereafter he had to depend on the generosity of his relatives. He was sent to the Grammar School of Hawkshead in the heart of the Lake districts. In his boyhood he got close contact with the nature, which charmed him very much. At seventeen, he was sent to St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was a mediocre student and graduated from this college in 1791. He had a great passion for travelling. During his student career, he traveled many places, including Cumberland, Yorkshire, France and Switzerland. However, he paid a second visit to France in November, 1791. The French Revolution was then at its height there and exercised a strong influence on his mind. He was filled with love and admiration for the ideals of the Revolution. But afterwards, he was greatly shocked by the bloody excesses of the Revolution. Disillusioned and depressed, he returned to England. Dorothy, his sister, accompanied him during his days of depression. She cheered him up and settled with him in a little cottage in Dorset. In 1795, he got a legacy of £900 settled upon him by a friend. It was enough to set him above want. In the meantime, he met S. T. Coleridge and moved to Somerset in order to live near him. He left for Germany on a visit in



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