William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth 

He was a teacher and yet he wanted no followers but left  an example of his writing for many to learn from. He was a man who was respected even more than Shakespeare himself. Born on April 7, 1770, in England. He was the second child of five his father John Wordsworth was rarely in his life but when he did show, he taught William how to write and about poetry. Later at the age of 7 his mother Ann Cookson died from illness leaving the children with just their father. Unable to care for his children his father left him with his mother's family. There he attended Hawkshead grammar school which was low on quality.  His relationship with his grandparents was on a thin line this would cause young Wordsworth to wander the countryside which soon led to his love of nature. He soon went to study at Cambridge University and graduated on 1791. As a early writer he lacked pride in his work but because of his closest friend Coleridge who motivated him. Wordsworth was able to continued on his work even after their separation the two went to different path. Wordsworth always saw his poems as experimental until 1793 when his first works were published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches.  Soon after he received an inherence which allowed him to live with his sister Dorothy. And from there he met Coleridge who soon became his closest friend. Together they worked upon Lyrical Ballads which held works from both of them. It carried one of Wordsworth best work Tintern Abbey which helped romanticism to have a place in poetry.  Around the same year Wordsworth began working on the Prelude an autobiographical poem that revised his life. Along the same year he published Lucy and the second edition of Lyrical Ballads. Which shared his poetry being influence by powerful emotion which soon became the basis of romanticism. He became a father of five and married Marry Hutchison. In 1803 he publish his most famous works I Wander Lonely as a Cloud and Intimations of Immortality. In 1843 he became England's poet laureate until his death on April 23, 1850. And when he finally pasted the Prelude was finally finished and published.