Throughout the Romantic Period there were many excellent poets, but one is called the

greatest. William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in the town of Cockermouth, England.

Wordsworth was different than most children in the sense that he loved poetry. His unusual

writing topics have made him one of the greatest romantic poets. Many of his poems are

based on his life and beliefs. What Wordsworth is known for is writing about nature. He

learned during his childhood to love nature and what it had to offer him

("Wordsworth,William" 1). William Wordsworth's types of writings were seen in many

poems, but Lyrical Ballads and The Prelude were two of his main ones.

During the Romantic Period, William Wordsworths types of writings were different

than anyone else. In many of his poems, he writes about childhood events (Wordsworth,

William 3). In other poems Wordsworth takes a more serious approach. In these poems his

topic went from his childhood to the Industrial Revolution of England (U-X-L Biographies 3).

What Wordsworth is most known for is nature. Wordsworth wrote many poems about his

childhood and the Industrial Revolution, but a majority of them refer to

Series 14). "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is the most influential

The last book of The Prelude was book fourteen. In this book Wordsworth describes a

this he learned to love mankind (Twayne's British Authors 5 - 6).

their sheep. He noticed how beautiful nature was and how much it had to offer. Through

along the river when he decides to take a shortcut. Peter stumbles upon a donkey drinking in

Wordsworth died he had not titled the poem. His wife felt that The Prelude was an

Book six of The Prelude is about his second and third years at college. Wordsworth

offer and what more it has to give. Wordsworth describes how these things were slowly

people around it (U-X-L Biographies 3). Some of the poems in Lyrical Ballads were "The

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