Family Background
W illia m W o rd s w o rth w a s b o rn A p ril 7, 1770, in C o c k e rm o u th , C u m b e rla n d , to Jo h n a n d A n n e (C o o k s o n ) W o rd s w o rth , th e se c o n d o f th e ir fiv e ch ild re n . H is fa th e r w a s la w a g e n t a n d re n t co lle c to r fo r L o rd L o n s d a le , a n d th e fa m ily w a s fa irly w e ll o ff . H e h a d fo u r sib lin g s , a m o n g w h o m , h is sis te r , th e p o e t a n d d ia ris t D o ro th y , to w h o m h e w a s clo s e a ll h is life , w a s b o rn th e fo llo w in g ye a r , a n d th e tw o w e re b a p tis e d to g e th e r . T h e th re e o th e r sib lin g s : R ic h a rd ,J o h n , a n d C h ris to p h e r .A ll th e y h a v e su c c e s s fu l ca re e r .
Life Experience
In the summer of 1790 he took a walking tour through France. In 1791 he made a second visit to France and stayed there for a year to learn French language. In 1792 Wordsworth composed his most ambitious poem to date, the Descriptive Sketches.
Life Experience
In1770 William was borቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ in Cockermouth, West Cumberland. His mother died when he was 8 and he was raised by his mother‘s family and eventually sent to Hawkshead GrammarSchool. In 1787，he attended Cambridge university, during which he created An Evening Walk.
Lyrical Ballads
It m a rk e d th e b re a k w ith 18th c e n tu ry c la s s ic is m a n d th e b e g in n in g o f ro m a n tic is m in E n g lis h p o e try .
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
---- William Wordsworth
所有的好诗都是炽烈情感 的自然涌流。
W illia m W o rd s w o rth w a s a n e a rly le a d e r o f ro m a n tic is m (a lite ra ry m o v e m e n t th a t c e le b ra te d n a tu re a n d c o n c e n tra te d o n h u m a n e m o tio n s ) in E n g lis h p o e try a n d ra n k s a s o n e o f th e g re a te s t ly ric p o e ts in th e h is to ry o f E n g lis h lite ra tu re .H e w a s a ls o o n e o f th e th re e g re a t la k e p o e ts (湖畔诗人). T h e o th e r tw o a re S a m u e l T a y lo r C o le rid g e a n d R o b e rt S o u th e y .
His Marriage T h e P e a c e o f A m ie n s in 1802
a llo w e d W o rd s w o rth a n d h is sis te r to vis it F ra n c e a g a in to se e A n n e tte a n d C a ro lin e . T h e y a rriv e d a t a m u tu a lly a g re e a b le s ettl e m e nt , a n d a fe w m o nt h s l at e r , a fte r re c e iv in g a n in h e rita n c e o w e d b y L o rd L o n s d a le sin c e Jo h n W o rd s w o rth 's d e a th in 1783, W illia m m a rrie d M a ry H u tc h in s o n . B y 1810 th e y h a d fiv e ch ild re n , b u t th e ir h a p p in e s s w a s te m p e re d b y th e lo s s a t se a o f W illia m 's b ro th e r Jo h n (1805), th e a lie n a tio n fro m C o le rid g e in 1810, a n d th e d e a th o f tw o ch ild re n in 1812. In 1813 W o rd s w o rth re c e iv e d a n a p p o in tm e n t a s D is trib u to r o f S ta m p s fo r W e s tm o rla n d , w h ic h m a d e h im fin a n c ia lly se c u re .
Life Experience
In 1843 he succeeded Robert Southey as Poet Laureate.
He died in 1850, at the age of 80.
The romantic era
The Romantic era of English literature was an almost complete reversal of the principles of the Neoclassical era and was well represented by William Wordsworth. In the Neoclassical era, as the name suggests, the focus of literature was to imitate the classics of Greece and Rome and to uphold an orderly society. But this ideal changed with the French Revolution in 1789, when old concepts of society, and thus also literature, were overturned. Among writers, emotions and personal experiences that had formerly been considered unsuitable for discussion or relegated to the periphery of literature were in vogue. The beauties of nature, freedom from restraint, and explorations of psychological and spiritual crises all became topics the Romantic writers favored. Sharing emotions was at the core of the Romantic movement. By understanding and communicating their own inner lives, the Romantics believed, they could bring their readers to a new understanding of life, love, and the struggles of ordinary people. The works of William Wordsworth exemplify this ideal in a memorable way, with poems that continue to resonate with people to this day.
Wordsworth‘s stay in Paris, Orléans, and Blois proved decisive in three important respects