William Wordsworth Research Paper

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William Wordsworth was a fairly interesting man; he was often engaged in politics, but was intertwined with writing romantic poetry. Wordsworth wrote entertaining and emotional romantic poems; many of his works were published and are well known. Much of his younger years of life gave him some inspiration on writing romantic poetry and enjoying politics. Wordsworth was born into a middle class family on 7 April, 1770; he was the second of four sons, and he also had a younger sister, whom he loved dearly. His father, a lawyer, often traveled due to his job, his mother died when he was of eight years of age. Soon after his mother died his father sent him to grammar school to learn Latin and Greek, and soon after that he applied to Cambridge University and was accepted. During his time at Cambridge, he became very close friends with a fellow renowned poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. After Cambridge, Wordsworth and Coleridge intentionally moved within walking distance to congregate daily. Wordsworth then fell in love with a woman whom he would later marry, her name was Annette Vallon. It took quite some time for Vallon to warm up to Dorothy (Wordsworth’s sister), even though they lived in the same household for several years. Wordsworth’s poems often incorporated his …show more content…

Wordsworth is using “Susan” as in icon, she is to represent the people who are working in the industrial revolution; the people working are tired and feel that they are being repetitive in their work. They love living, but they feel as if they are only working to reach the next day, because there seems to be no end to their workload, and that all of their efforts will soon go wasted. The romantic analysis of this poem speaks about a woman who dearly loves to live, she enjoys the simpler things in life and feels that she will soon reduce to nothing just as everything else on earth will in the

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