william wordsworth

             William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland where he spent most of his life understanding and appreciating nature. These tranquil surroundings were his doors to eventually becoming a great writer. Wordsworth's love for nature and writing was broadened by his imagination, which he developed from his father's lawyer, Sir James Lawther (Wordsworth 1). Unfortunately, Wordsworth lost both parents at a young age and became distant with his only sibling, Dorothy Wordsworth who would eventually become his confidant. Wordsworth's sister taught Wordsworth the language of nature by teaching him ways to interpret what he saw and heard and how to put those observations into thoughts. Hence, Wordsworth spent most of his days with and around every source of nature, from the sky to the waters edge, even the trees and the animals that gave nature its extra highlight of beautiful life. Wordsworth eventually became a smooth, graceful writer, and in his writing he related the life of a man to the life of nature.
             Eventually, Wordsworth attended Cambridge University, and then entered John's College where he obtained a degree to become a professional writer, and to be recognized as one (1). After fulfilling his education, Wordsworth met a young French girl "by whom he had a illegitimate daughter, Caroline (1). This major obstacle in his life became his focal point and theme for his poem 'Vaudracour and Julia' (Wordsworth 1). Unfortunately, Wordsworth became very private with that part of his life, and always kept "the affair from prosterity" (1). Wordsworth's life made a drastic turn in the late 1700's when he met a man known as Coleridge, a famous writer who he considered a role model, and who also wrote of nature. The other significance of that year was Wordsworth's " first masterwork, Lyrical Ballads, which opened with Coleridge 'Mariner' (Wordsworth 2)." Event...

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