William Wordsworth’s works are known all over the world. He lived between the 18th and 19th centuries. He was part of the founders of romanticism in poetry. The French Revolution greatly influenced romantic writers through giving the people hope for a better future thanks to the Revolution (Vincent 608). The poets took it upon themselves to express the positive feelings resulting from the unified support of the French Revolution through poems (Hancock 7). However, William Wordsworth lost his idealistic view after seeing the result of the French Revolution in terms of death and the atrocities committed by the people. William Wordsworth has a reputation for writing poems inspired by nature. However, during his early life, he was largely inspired
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However, William had to return to England because he was without money, and there was tension between England and France at the time. Owing to this, William Wordsworth did not return to France till 1802, when he visited Annette to inform her of his impending nuptials to another woman, Mary Hutchinson. William then wrote a sonnet dedicated to his daughter with Annette. The Sonnet was called “An Evening Walk.” This sonnet was dedication to his child with Annette whom he did not see till she was ten years old. He also wrote another poem with the title “Descriptive …show more content…
In 1798, they published “Lyrical Ballads.” Lyrical Ballads was their attempt at writing poetry that used simple English. Poetry at the time used difficult poetic English, and it was difficult for regular people to understand. The popular view is that Lyrical Ballads is the book that ultimately resulted in the Romantic Movement being developed among the poets. William Wordsworth believed that by using simple English that regular people would understand, ideas would be expressed effectively as compared to the use of poetic speak (Adorno & Trans 271). However, William Wordsworth felt that his simplistic poems would not excite the poets who favored using poetic speak, and indeed the poets shunned and were against the Lyrical Ballads. William Wordsworth started to become more and more conservative with
However, William had to return to England because he was without money, and there was tension between England and France at the time. Owing to this, William Wordsworth did not return to France till 1802, when he visited Annette to inform her of his impending nuptials to another woman, Mary Hutchinson. William then wrote a sonnet dedicated to his daughter with Annette. The Sonnet was called “An Evening Walk.” This sonnet was dedication to his child with Annette whom he did not see till she was ten years old. He also wrote another poem with the title “Descriptive …show more content…
In 1798, they published “Lyrical Ballads.” Lyrical Ballads was their attempt at writing poetry that used simple English. Poetry at the time used difficult poetic English, and it was difficult for regular people to understand. The popular view is that Lyrical Ballads is the book that ultimately resulted in the Romantic Movement being developed among the poets. William Wordsworth believed that by using simple English that regular people would understand, ideas would be expressed effectively as compared to the use of poetic speak (Adorno & Trans 271). However, William Wordsworth felt that his simplistic poems would not excite the poets who favored using poetic speak, and indeed the poets shunned and were against the Lyrical Ballads. William Wordsworth started to become more and more conservative with