William Wordsworth by Avneet Loyal

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on William Wordsworth

1. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE NATURES POET

2. BORN TO :- John Wordsworth Ann Cookson

3. BORN IN…. WORDSWORTH HOUSE , LAKE DISTRICT , ENGLAND , On 7 TH APRIL 1770

4. The Wordsworth House Today, Wordsworth’s childhood home is a popular tourist attraction. The fine Georgian home has been restored and refurnished to its original 18 th century beauty .

5. SIBLINGS Dorothy Wordsworth John Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth Richard Wordsworth

6. Education :- Primary education- his mother taught him to read and write Education: Graduated from st john’s college,Cambridge

7. 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

8. The Rainbow 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

9. In 1791 he visited France. There he fell in love with a French women Annet Vallon . And they had a child Caroline

10. Early Works In 1793, Wordsworth’s first works, An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches, were published but received little notice... . . “Where, bosom'd deep, the shy Winander peeps Mid' 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

11. “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.

12. Quote 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

13. Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth 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’

14. Wordsworth in Sorrow By 1810, they had five children; however, two of their deaths in 1812 caused Wordsworth great sorrow. His poem, “Surprised By Joy,” reflects his anguish. “…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 .”

15. Dove Cottage Wordsworth and his family moved to this place on 1799 and stayed here till 1807; it is another main tourist attraction in Cumbria .

16. 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 .

17. 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

18. DEATH . He died due to pleurisy on April 23, 1850 and is buried at St Oswald's Church in Grasmere .

19. Quotes… Your mind is the Garden, Your thoughts are the Seeds, The harvest Can either be Flowers or weeds --- WILLIAM WORDSWOTH Faith is a passionate intuition --- WILLIAM WORDSWOTH

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