The Wordsworth HouseThe Wordsworth HouseToday, Wordsworth’s childhood home is a popular tourist attraction. The fine Georgian home has been restored and refurnished to its original 18th century beauty.
Education :-Primary education- his mother taught him to read and writeEducation: Graduated from st john’s college,Cambridge
Wordsworth in Nature The beautiful landscapes of the
lake district inspired the young
Wordsworth . Nature is a common theme that
can be found in many of his poems
The Rainbo
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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life
began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow
old, Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by
natural piety.
William Wordsworth
In 1791 he visited France. There he fell in love with a French women Annet Vallon. And they had a child Caroline
Early WorksEarly WorksIn 1793, Wordsworth’s first works, An Evening
Walkand Descriptive Sketches, were published butreceived little notice.... .
“Where, bosom'd deep, the shy Winander peepsMid' clust'ring isles, and holly-sprinkl'd steeps;Where twilight glens endear my Esthwaite's shore,And memory of departed pleasures, more.”
From An Evening Walk
“We Were Three Persons With One Soul.” “We Were Three Persons With One Soul.”
In 1794, Wordsworth was reunited with his sister, Dorothy;
shortly after, he met another poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and they became close
friends.
In 1794, Wordsworth was reunited with his sister, Dorothy;
shortly after, he met another poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and they became close
friends.
Quote from Lyrical BalladsQuote from Lyrical Ballads
"Poetry is the breath and finer
spirit of all knowledge; it is the
impassioned expression which is in
the countenance of all Science.“
William Wordsworth
Lyrical BalladsLyrical BalladsWordsworth and his close friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge with the help of Dorothy produced ‘LYRICAL BALLARDS.’ It was an important work in the English ‘ROMANTIC MOVEMENT’
Wordsworth in SorrowWordsworth in SorrowBy 1810, they
hadfive children;however, two
oftheir deaths in1812 causedWordsworth
greatsorrow. His
poem,“Surprised ByJoy,” reflects
hisanguish.
By 1810, they had
five children;however, two
oftheir deaths in1812 causedWordsworth
greatsorrow. His
poem,“Surprised ByJoy,” reflects
hisanguish.
“…That thought's return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart's best treasure was no more
That neither present time, nor years unborn
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.”
Dove CottageWordsworth and
hisfamily moved to
thisplace on 1799 and stayed here
till1807; it is
another main tourist
attraction inCumbria.
Wordsworth and his
family moved to this
place on 1799 and stayed here
till1807; it is
another main tourist
attraction inCumbria.
Achievements
Received an honorary Doctor Of Civil Law degree in 1833from Durham university.
Also received the same degree from Oxford University the very next year.
In 1842the government awarded him a civil list pension amounting £300 .
In 1843 He became the poet laureate of England .
MAJOR WORKS…..
Lyrical Ballards We Are Seven The Tables Turned Three Years She Grew The Kitten At Play Daffodils Resolution And Independence The Solitary Reaper London 1802 The World Is Too Much With Us
DEATHDEATH.
He died due to pleurisy on April 23, 1850 and is buried at
St Oswald's Churchin Grasmere.
QUOTES…Your mind is the Garden,
Your thoughts
arethe Seeds,
The harvest Can either be
Flowers or weeds
--- WILLIAM WORDSWOTH
Faith is apassionate
intuition
--- WILLIAM WORDSWOTH