WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

THE NATURES POET

BORN TO BORN TO

John Wordsworth Ann Cookson

BORN IN….WORDSWORTH HOUSE , LAKE DISTRICT , ENGLAND,

7TH APRIL 1770

The Wordsworth HouseThe Wordsworth HouseToday, Wordsworth’s childhood home is a popular tourist attraction. The fine Georgian home has been restored and refurnished to its original 18th century beauty.

SIBLINGS

Dorothy Wordsworth

John Wordsworth Christopher

Wordsworth

Richard Wordsworth

Education

Primary education- his mother taught him to read and writeEducation: Graduated from st john’s college,Cambridge

Wordswoth in Nature

The beautiful landscapes of the lake district inspired the young Wordsworth .

Nature is a common theme that can be

found in many of his poems

The RainbowMy heart leaps up when I

behold A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!

The Child is father of the Man; I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.

William Wordsworth

In 1791 he visited France. There he fell in love with a French women Annet Vallon. And they had a child Caroline

Early WorksEarly Works

In 1793, Wordsworth’s first works, An Evening Walk

and Descriptive Sketches, were published butreceived little notice.

“Where, bosom'd deep, the shy Winander peepsMid' clust'ring isles, and holly-sprinkl'd steeps;Where twilight glens endear my Esthwaite's shore,And memory of departed pleasures, more.”

From An Evening Walk

“We Were Three Persons With One Soul.” “We Were Three Persons With One Soul.”

In 1794, Wordsworth was reunited with his sister, Dorothy; shortly after, he met

another poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and

they became close friends.

In 1794, Wordsworth was reunited with his sister, Dorothy; shortly after, he met

another poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and

they became close friends.

Quote from Lyrical BalladsQuote from Lyrical Ballads

"Poetry is the breath and finer

spirit of all knowledge; it is the

impassioned expression which is in

the countenance of all Science.“

William Wordsworth

Lyrical BalladsLyrical BalladsWordsworth and his close friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge with the help of Dorothy produced ‘LYRICAL BALLARDS.’ It was an important work in the English ‘ROMANTIC MOVEMENT’

What Is Romanticism?

Use of creative imagination Focus on nature Importance of myth and symbolism Focus on feelings and intuition Freedom and spontaneity Simple language Personal experience democracy and

liberty Fascination with the past

Mr. and Mrs. WordsworthMr. and Mrs. Wordsworth

In 1802,

Wordsworth

married Mary

Hutchinson in the

Brompton Church.

She was the

inspiration for his

poem, “She Was A

Phantom of Delight.”

In 1802,

Wordsworth

married Mary

Hutchinson in the

Brompton Church.

She was the

inspiration for his

poem, “She Was A

Phantom of Delight.”

“She was a Phantom of delight

When first she gleamed upon my sight;

A lovely Apparition, sent

To be a moment's ornament;

Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;

Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;”

“She was a Phantom of delight

When first she gleamed upon my sight;

A lovely Apparition, sent

To be a moment's ornament;

Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;

Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;”

Wordsworth in SorrowWordsworth in SorrowBy 1810, they

hadfive children;

however, two oftheir deaths in1812 caused

Wordsworth greatsorrow. His poem,

“Surprised ByJoy,” reflects his

anguish.

By 1810, they had

five children;however, two oftheir deaths in1812 caused

Wordsworth greatsorrow. His poem,

“Surprised ByJoy,” reflects his

anguish.

“…That thought's return

Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,

Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,

Knowing my heart's best treasure was no more;

That neither present time, nor years unborn

Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.”

Achievements

Received an honorary Doctor Of Civil Law degree in 1833from Durham university

Also received the same degree from Oxford University the very next year

In 1842the government awarded him a civil list pension amounting £300

In 1843 He became the poet laureate of England

Dove Cottage

Wordsworth and hisfamily moved to thisplace on 1799 and

stayed here till1807; it is

another main touristattraction in

Cumbria.

Wordsworth and hisfamily moved to thisplace on 1799 and

stayed here till1807; it is

another main touristattraction in

Cumbria.

MAJOR WORKS….. Lyrical Ballards We Are Seven The Tables Turned Three Years She Grew The Kitten At Play Daffodils Resolution And Independence The Solitary Reaper London 1802 The World Is Too Much With Us

DEATHDEATH

.He died due to pleurisy

on April 23, 1850 and is buried at

St Oswald's Churchin Grasmere.

Your mind is the Garden,Your thoughts are

the Seeds,The harvest Can either be Flowers or weeds

Faith is Apassionate intuition

--- WILLIAM WORDSWOTH

PREPARED BY……..

MELVIN THOMAS & ARCHIT SUDHEER