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William Wordsworth
Early life
Birth
.William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.
He was the second of 5 children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson
Boyhood Tragedy
.When William Wordsworth was 7 years old, his mother Ann Cookson died
Education
Education
First school experience
.Hawkshead Grammar School
College
St. John's college
College
Poetry
Inspiration to poetry
William Wordsworth was largely inspired to write poetry by his sister and also his friend, fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Inspiration to poetry
Style of poetry
William Wordsworth was a romantic poet
Poems
First poem
. William Wordsworth's first poem was "An evening walk"
Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Daffodils
Analysis
In this poem William Wordsworth talks about how much he loves the nature, which is why I like this poem, since I also love the nature.
Honors
.In 1838 William received an Honorary Doctorate in civil law from Durham University also received the same degree from the University of Oxford the following year. In 1842, he was awarded a Civil List pension of 300 pounds a year from the government. In 1843, William Wordsworth was made the Poet laureate of Great Britain and to date remains the only Poet Laureate to have never written an official document.
Death
William Wordsworth died at home at Rydal Mount from an aggravated case of pleurisy on 23 April 1850. He was buried St. Oswalds Church, Grasmere.