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I want to know about the famous poet wordsworth?
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09 Mar '08 10:47 am
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William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.
Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.
Early life and education
The second of five children born to John Wordsworth (b. April 7th 1770), William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in Cumberlandpart of the scenic region in north-west England called the Lake District. His sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the following year. After the death of their mother in 1778, their father sent ...more
Answered by GOPI KUMAR, 09 Mar '08 10:50 am
Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.
Early life and education
The second of five children born to John Wordsworth (b. April 7th 1770), William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in Cumberlandpart of the scenic region in north-west England called the Lake District. His sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the following year. After the death of their mother in 1778, their father sent ...more
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Please go to http://www.online-literature.com/wordsworth/ and follow the links there.
Answered by Parthapratim Chakravorty, 09 Mar '08 10:50 am
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