Title: William Wordsworth Biography - life, childhood, death, history, school, mother, old, information, born, college, time
Headings: William Wordsworth Biography
William Wordsworth Biography
His early years
Stay in France
Publication of first poems
"Tintern Abbey"
Poems of the middle period
Changes in philosophy
Poems of 1802
The Prelude
Later years
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Content: Before graduating from Cambridge, he took a  walking tour through France, Switzerland, and Italy in 1790. The Alps  made an impression on him that he did not recognize until fourteen years  later. Stay in France
Revolutionary passion in France made a powerful impact on Wordsworth,  who returned there in November 1791. He wanted to improve his knowledge  of the
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. French language. His experience in France just after the French  Revolution (1789; the French overthrew the ruling monarchy) reinforced  his sympathy for common people and his belief in political freedom. Wordsworth fell passionately in love with a French girl, Annette Vallon. She gave birth to their daughter in December 1792.