William Wordsworth
Bruna Bezerra
Mecklin Stevens
World Literature II
April 8, 2014
William Wordsworth There is no doubt that nature was the prodigious source of inspiration for William Wordsworth. Like many other romantic poets, he possessed great love for nature but unlike them he never expressed his anger for nature’s unkindness to him. Wordsworth started perceiving the nature closely and had a desire to give his feelings some words. Wordsworth enhanced his poetry with his outstanding imagination. William Wordsworth not only used nature, but also his family and his romantic affairs to make him into a respected poet in the eighteenth century. Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England on April 7, 1770. His mother died when he was only eight years old and his father passed away only a few years later leaving William and his other four siblings orphans. This was indeed one of the hardest obstacles William had to endure which later influenced much of his work. After studying Hawkshead, he studied at St. John’s College but just before his last semester he decided to take a tour through Europe where he came into contact with the French Revolution. During that time he fell in love with Annette Vallon. Although the two never married, they conceived a daughter named Caroline. In 1793, Wordsworth published his first poetry collections, Descriptive Sketches and An Evening Walk. The year 1802 was a landmark in Wordsworth’s career. William and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth traveled to France so that Wordsworth could finally meet his daughter, Caroline. Then he separated from Anne Vallon and married a childhood friend named Mary Hutchinson. The couple conceived five kids together. Later on they grieved the loss of two of their children, Catherine and John, who both died in 1812.
Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, met Samuel Coleridge in 1795. They all became extremely close and later worked together to publish the famous Lyrical Ballads. They collaborated on many
Mecklin Stevens
World Literature II
April 8, 2014
William Wordsworth There is no doubt that nature was the prodigious source of inspiration for William Wordsworth. Like many other romantic poets, he possessed great love for nature but unlike them he never expressed his anger for nature’s unkindness to him. Wordsworth started perceiving the nature closely and had a desire to give his feelings some words. Wordsworth enhanced his poetry with his outstanding imagination. William Wordsworth not only used nature, but also his family and his romantic affairs to make him into a respected poet in the eighteenth century. Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England on April 7, 1770. His mother died when he was only eight years old and his father passed away only a few years later leaving William and his other four siblings orphans. This was indeed one of the hardest obstacles William had to endure which later influenced much of his work. After studying Hawkshead, he studied at St. John’s College but just before his last semester he decided to take a tour through Europe where he came into contact with the French Revolution. During that time he fell in love with Annette Vallon. Although the two never married, they conceived a daughter named Caroline. In 1793, Wordsworth published his first poetry collections, Descriptive Sketches and An Evening Walk. The year 1802 was a landmark in Wordsworth’s career. William and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth traveled to France so that Wordsworth could finally meet his daughter, Caroline. Then he separated from Anne Vallon and married a childhood friend named Mary Hutchinson. The couple conceived five kids together. Later on they grieved the loss of two of their children, Catherine and John, who both died in 1812.
Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, met Samuel Coleridge in 1795. They all became extremely close and later worked together to publish the famous Lyrical Ballads. They collaborated on many