Essay on William Wordsworth's Poetry
            
             William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth on April 7, 1770. Wordsworth's mother died when he was eight years old and this experience may have been a vital section to the way Wordsworth's work was shaped out later in his life. Wordsworth then attended Hawkshead Grammar School where his passion for poetry was recognised. Going to this school may have intrigued him to write a lot of emotional poems about the country side as he spent a lot of time there mingling with the country folks and roaming the area. After leaving Hawkshead, Wordsworth studied in Cambridge but before his final semester he went out on a walking Tour of Europe, an experience that without doubt influenced his poetry. While touring Europe Wordsworth came in contact with the French revolution, this encounter bought out the interests and sympathy for life and troubles and speech for the 'common man'.
            
             Wordsworth's earliest poetry was published in 1793, at the age of twenty three, in the collections 'Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches'. Subsequent to this he has written much more poetry resulting to 70,000 lines of verse, which is 40,000 more than any other poet ever. In 1850, whilst walking in the country, William Wordsworth caught a cold and died on 23 April, St George's day, eighty years after his birth.
            
             William Wordsworth's England was the time when the country side was beginning to get destroyed by the escalation of the industrial growth. This resulted in the loss of natural habitats and agriculture was now not the main industry any more. Cities were built and so people began moving there for work. This affected Wordsworth because people began losing interest in the country side but Wordsworth was fond of it and wanted to bring the admiration back which led him to expressing his views through poetry.
            
             William Wordsworth was a Romantic Poet. He believed sci...