William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was a romantic poet whose life masterpiece most individuals consider to be, "The Prelude." He was born April 7th, 1770 and was the second of five children. When his mother died in 1778, being only eight years old, Wordsworth was sent to Hawkshead Grammar School. His father passed in 1783 when he was 13 years old. Wordsworth portrays many feelings of loneliness and anxiety in his writing probably as a result from his parents deaths and separating from his other siblings. He studied at St. John's College but left before his final semester to do a tour of Europe. Wordsworth had one child out of wedlock with Caroline but left before she was born. In 1802, Wordsworth and his sister visited France so he could see Caroline and his daughter. In that same year he married Mary Hutchinson, and they had five children. In 1812, Wordsworth lost two of his children. He lived until 1850 when he was 80 years old. After he died his widow, Mary, published, "The Prelude." that Wordsworth wrote. A wonderful poem by William Wordsworth is Three Years She Grew in the Sun and Shower  - April Penman

 Bibliographic citation: Tree Swenson,. "William Wordsworth." Copyright 1997-2007. The Academy of American Poets. 1 June 2007. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/296>

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