Title: William Wordsworth Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline
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William Wordsworth Biography
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Who was William Wordsworth?
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Content: John’s college in Cambridge, he set out to tour Europe. This experience deeply impacted his interests and sympathies in life, sensitized him to the troubles of the common man, and had an intense influence on his poetry. He published his poetry collections, ‘An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches’ in 1793, further cementing his career. He met the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1795. It was in collaboration with him that the most significant work in the English Romantic Movement, ‘Lyrical Ballads’ was produced in 1798. At the peak of his career, he published ‘Poems, in Two Volumes’, in 1807. He published ‘Guide to the lakes’ in 1810 followed by ‘The Excursion’ in 1814 and ‘Laodamia’ in 1815. ‘The Prelude’, generally considered to be Wordsworth’s masterpiece, is an autobiographical poem which was published posthumously in 1850. Quotes: Love
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‘Lyrical Ballads’, published with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798 remains one of his major works till date.