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About William Wordsworth: William Wordsworth was born in the year 1770 in Cockermouth in England. He experienced tragedy early in his life in the form of death of his mother and this experience shaped his future works. Wordsworth published his first verse in the year 1793. He gained major fame with Lyrical Ballads, published in… Continue reading London 1802 Summary and Analysis by William Wordsworth: 2022
Context of She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways: The sonnet, “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways” is a part of William Wordsworth collection of poems on his maid, named “Lucy”. The theme of the poem and the entire book is the description of Lucy, about her nature and her beauty. Wordsworth uses beautiful metaphors of… Continue reading She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways Analysis: 2022
William Wordsworth was born on 7th April 1770 and died in 1850. He is a Romantic poet. He is a nature worshiper and a nature painter. He was a major figure in the Romantic Movement. Wordsworth writes poems by using character of nature as metaphors. All his poems have an element of solitude and detachment… Continue reading She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways Summary: 2022
William Wordsworth is one of the best-known English poets of the Romantic era, a period where poetry was about the personification of nature, and a new movement of aesthetics was evolved. John Wordsworth is known for some of his best poems, like Daffodils. In this analysis, I will look at his poem written for his… Continue reading She was a Phantom of Delight: Summary and Analysis: 2022
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth’s magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi autobiographical poem of his early years that he… Continue reading William Wordsworth- Early Life, Awards, and Death: 2022
ABOUT THE POET: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the stalwarts of the English Literature canon. He precipitated the Romantic Movement along with fellow poet Coleridge. Their joint venture, ‘Lyrical Ballads’ of 1798 is considered a touchstone of the Romantic sentiment. His most ambitious work was ‘The Recluse’ but he never got around to completing it.… Continue reading Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Summary
CRITICAL ANALYSIS- This poem has the potential to be read on various levels. To each of us, the poem reads differently. Few of the levels, however, are the most important and apparent. On the literal level, the poem is simply about the theft of a boat by the young Wordsworth and the aftermath of which left him… Continue reading Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Analysis
The poet laureate who launched the romantic age in Britain with themes of nature in his poetry, William Wordsworth’s To the Cuckoo, is a classic example of his style of poetry. We have given here, To The Cuckoo: Analysis. To The Cuckoo: Analysis Consisting of 8 quatrains, this poem is directly addressed to the cuckoo… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Analysis
A quatrain consisting of eight stanzas, To the Cuckoo is a lyrical pastoral poem with elaborate stanzaic formations. Hence, it can be called an ode to the Cuckoo bird. The poet has directly addressed this poem to the cuckoo and expresses his love, devotion, and yearning to visually glimpse the cuckoo throughout the poem. Here… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Summary 2022
About the Author: William Wordsworth was born in 7th April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, which is a part of the scenic region in north-western England known as the Lake District. He was the second of the five children of John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson. He was very close to his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth, who was… Continue reading ANALYSIS OF STRANGE FITS OF PASSION HAVE I KNOWN
