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William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was born on April 7th, 1770 in Cumberland, England. William was the second of five children. William’s mother died in 1778 when he was eight years old. Five years later in 1783, his father died.
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William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth was born on April 7th, 1770 in Cumberland, England. • William was the second of five children. • William’s mother died in 1778 when he was eight years old. Five years later in 1783, his father died. • After their father's death, the Wordsworth children were left under the guardianship of their uncles.
William Wordsworth • It took him many years, and much writing, to recover from the death of his parents and his separation from his siblings. • Many consider him the most important English Romantic poet. • Wrote “An Evening Walk” which was one of his first published poetry. • He also wrote one of the most famous poems in English Literature: “Ode: Intimations of Immortality.”
The French Revolution • William devoted his considerable passion and persuasive power to convincing others of the rightness. • He embraced the ideals of liberty and equality espoused by the French Revolution. • He achieved remarkable intellectual and gained a wide following throughout Europe, particularly in Germany, Prussia, England, and to a lesser extent France.
An Evening Walk • 1793 Wordsworth's first published poetry “An Evening Walk.” • It reveals much about the poet's development growth and changing artistic principles.
Intimations of Immortality • It deals with the subjects of childhood and the memory of childhood in the mind of the adult in particular. • A Childhood's lost connection with nature, which can be preserved only in memory, and how after years it fades away.
William Wordsworth • By the time he got married, the revolutionary of his youth had been tempered. • He condemned French imperialism in the period after the Revolution. • His English nationalism became more pronounced. • 1850 he died at the age of 80 at Rydal Mount, Ambleside in England.
Rydal Mount, Ambleside • Location – Cumbria, the north-west of England. • The Wordsworth Family moved into Rydal Mount in 1813. • They rented the house continually for 46 years till 1859.
