Summary:
The life history of influential poet William Wordsworth.
William Wordsworth was an influential poet who wrote most of his poetry during the Romantic period of the early 1800s. He had many things that influenced his writing. Events that happened in his life, the time period in which he lived, and nature are three of the main things that contributed to his writing style.
Wordsworth was born in the late 1700s in the Lade District in England. His mother died when he was eight, and his father died when Wordsworth was a boy. He lived with his four siblings and became extremely close to his sister, Dorothy. He would continue to live with her and mention her in his poem "The Prelude." He enrolled in St. Joseph's college in Cambridge but neither excelled academically or was popular among his peers. This caused him to spend a lot of time alone thinking and writing, and this is when he began to write poetry.
After he graduated from St. Joseph's, Wordsworth visited France with a friend. Wordsworth loved France so much that he later visited again to write about the country's beauty. Wordsworth later met a man named Samuel Coleridge and they became fast friends as well as writing partners. Having met Samuel Coleridge influenced Wordsworth's words because Coleridge helped him to see the beauty in things. Together they published a series of ballads called "The Lyrical Ballads."
Wordsworth's writing was also influenced by the time period in which he wrote. Most o Wordsworth's poems were written during the Romantic period. The Romantic period caused poets to be more imaginative in their writing. This caused Wordsworth to focus more on the beauty of what he wrote about instead of the obvious. He also wrote at a time when the French Revolution was at it's peak, and a number of his works reflected his thoughts concerning the war.
Although his early life and the time period in which he wrote influenced his writings, Wordsworth also had other things that contributed to writing style. Most of Wordsworth's poems were about his love of nature. He loved to write about the beauty and what he observed about nature. He also enjoyed writing about places he visited and what he saw when visiting them. When Wordsworth climbed Mt. Snowdon, he wrote about the experience and what he saw in nature while climbing. He eventually added this experience into "The Prelude", one of his best-known works. Events that happened in his life also affected his writing. He wrote "The Prelude" about everything that he experienced in his life including happy events and depressing events.
Most writers become better writers as they get older; this was not the case for Wordsworth. As Wordsworth got older, his poetic status went down. Most would contribute this to the fast success he had as a poet and the loss of his friendship with Samuel Coleridge. Wordsworth died in the mid 1800s, and his final copy of "The Prelude" was published shortly after his death.
William Wordsworth was an influential poet who has affected many people with his writing style. The many influences to his writing including nature, beauty, and personal events all helped him to succeed as a poet
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