William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth is dead, I know, but you have to love this guy! He was one of the two that started the English Romantic Movement with their collections of romantic poems. A British fellow who spent most of his life in the Lake District of Northern England, this man was more than just a poet, he was an artist, a muse in himself who gave inspiration to others to be... Romantic! William was born in the 1770's in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District. The enchanting surroundings added to William's imagination and gave him a love of nature. He lost his mother when he was eight, and his father died five years later. These tragic deaths separated him from his beloved and neurotic sister, Dorothy, who was a very important person in his life. Dorothy spent a lot of time outdoors, and when they were together, she provided William with much of his inspiration. Two uncles helped William go to local schools and continue his studies at Cambridge University. William first published a son
But, in 1795 he met none other than Samuel Taylor Coleridge! Meeting this man brought luck to William, because William's financial situation was greatly improved by receiving a legacy and was able to settle down at Racedown, Dorset, with his sister Dorothy (hooray!). He was encouraged by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and was enchanted yet again by natural surroundings William composed his very first masterwork, Lyrical Ballads. William spent the winter of 1798-99 with his sister and Coleridge in Germany, where he wrote several poems, including the baffling 'Lucy' poems. He then moved to Dove Cottage, Grasmere. In 1802, he married Mary Hutchinson. Together, they cared for Dorothy for the last twenty years of her life. Almost all of Dorothy's memory had been destroyed. She did remember her brother's poems though, and sometimes she would sit by the fire and recite them. Well, Mr. William Wordsworth did lead a busy life, and a romantic one at that. Nobody knows who the heck the 'Lucy' lady in hi
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