William Wordsworth, (1770-1850), was born the second child of John and Ann Wordsworth at Cockermouth, Cumberland, on April 7th, 1770. Wordsworth was living up a decently good childhood at Cockermouth until 1778, where in March of that year his mother Ann died and the family was split up. Wordsworth's sister Dorothy was sent to live at Halifax with her mother's cousin, and the boys of the family were sent to school at Hawkshead where they were educated well and cared for. Wordsworth also happened to later write a poem about this early time in his life called "The Prelude." In this poem Wordsworth directly conveys the childish activities which he experienced which seemed quite normal, but would later develop him into a great poet.

Four years had passed since his mother died and

In this exert it is apparent that Wordsworth is concerned with the fact that he questions the equality and forgiveness factor of people. He is also questioning the fact whether somebody should let out their emotions when they are in need to. Wordsworth was a strong believer in letting the emotions out with the nature of things in the world.

"...a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volition's, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volition's and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the Universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them."

And are returned into themselves, they cannot but be sad?..."

In this poem Wordsworth is greatly effected by this girl in the field, although it is such an everyday occurrence Wordsworth looks for the beauty in it and wonders if anybody else has ever had such experience. In this poem and many others like it, Wordsworth takes the simplest part of life and turns it into a beautiful occurrence.

Many of Wordsworth's poems contain many borrowings and influences from eighteenth century poets. Quite a bit of his poems are also written in couplets and Spenserian stanzas, both popular forms of poetry during the eighteenth century. Through almost all of Wordsworth's poems is seen an individual voice which is original and powerful while still staying in his peaceful view on the world. Wordsworth believed that love of nature leads to love of humanity which led to him writing in the serene yet simple way in which he did. One of the greatest works Wordsworth ever composed was the "Lyrical Ballads", where he teamed up with Coleridge. Wordsworth's role in this was to present ordinary life in a way that the reader could see it with new eyes. "Lyrical Ballads" has many poems that are concerned with average people in ordinary surroundings who have problems which are common such as poverty, pregnancy and old age. Some literary critics have disliked Wordsworth's poetry because of the awkwardness of it. Some of his thoughts are more intriguing than his poetry which is the case in his preface to "Lyrical Ballads." This exert shows a better view into Wordsworth's mind,

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