William Wordsworth Research Paper

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H e was possibly one of the most influential and pivotal artists of the 19th century, a keynote creator of the Romantic Movement. His work, perhaps more than any other poet of his time, holds a mirror up to our culture, and tells of its phenomena and flaws.
Raised in Cockermouth, located in Cumberland in England’s scenic Lake District, William Wordsworth was born on April 7 in 1770. He came from a family of landowner legal agents, and was the son of John and Ann Cookson Wordsworth. He was the second born and was raised alongside five other siblings: three brothers and one sister. From his youth Wordsworth's love for the natural world was fostered due to the region in which he lived: The Lake District. One of the most frequent subjects in …show more content…

In 1779 from being tutored in Penrith he moved to another grammar school in Hawkshead with his brother Richard. His experiences in and around Hawkshead would provide the poet with a store of images and sensory experience that he would continue to draw upon throughout his poetic career. It was at Hawkshead, studying under William Taylor, where Wordsworth’s love of poetry was firmly established. While he was at Hawkshead he lived with the village dame, Anne Tyson, described with reverence in The Prelude, for her kindness and fostering. He remained there until he was sixteen when in December of 1783 John Wordsworth, returning home from a business trip, lost his way and was forced to spend a cold night in the open. Very ill when he reached home, he died 30 December. Both of his parents died before he was sixteen and after, himself and his siblings were split up under the care of different …show more content…

It was the influence of the French and Industrial Revolutions and gave the poets the most unique and pressing concerns. A key characteristic of the Romantic Movement was man’s relationship with

nature, which featured in thousands of Romantic Poems and was best illustrated by Wordsworth.
Protest poetry was well defined in the Romantic period due to the complex social issues that were taking place in Europe at the time. Poems of Protest were made famous by Blake in the period with poems such as Chimney Sweep and The Garden of Love. These were at the time radically different in style and topic.

I t was an age of feuding and falling monarchies, an age of empires and their expansion. It was an age of change - of revolution - in which the Romantic poet’s ideals

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