• The poet and artist William Blake, who knew Wordsworth's work, was struck by Wordsworth's boldness in centring his poetry on the human mind.
  • William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. He was the second of five children of John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson.
  • William Wordsworth was one of the founders of English Romanticism and one its most central figures and important intellects.
  • William Wordsworth was taught poetry by his father John Wordsworth, who also let his son read extensively from his own father’s library.
  • Poet William Wordsworth worked with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads (1798). The collection, which contained Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey...
  • Poet William Wordsworth worked with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads (1798). The collection, which contained Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey...
  • William Wordsworth started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic movement with their collection Lyrical Ballads ( 1798).
  • One of Britain's most celebrated poets, William Wordsworth is known for his distinctive, lyrical style, inspired by the landscape of the Lake District where he spent...
  • William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth to John Wordsworth, a legal agent for James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale and Collector of...
  • In 1802, William Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson, who was a close childhood friend of his, and together she and Wordsworth had five children.