Through the many works of William Wordsworth is found a vast correlation through his poetry and the experiences which he went through as an early child and throughout the rest of his life. These experiences etched themselves into Wordsworth's mind giving him a favorable ability to put his experiences and emotions into words through his pleasurable poetry. To greater understand the poetry he wrote, it is crucial to have a knowledge of the life he lived.
             William Wordsworth, (1770-1850), was born the second child of John and Ann Wordsworth at Cockermouth, Cumberland, on April 7th, 1770. Wordsworth was living up a decently good childhood at Cockermouth until 1778, where in March of that year his mother Ann died and the family was split up. Wordsworth's sister Dorothy was sent to live at Halifax with her mother's cousin, and the boys of the family were sent to school at Hawkshead where they were educated well and cared for. Wordsworth also happened to later write a poem about this early time in his life called "The Prelude." In this poem Wordsworth directly conveys the childish activities which he experienced which seemed quite normal, but would later develop him into a great poet.
             Four years had passed since his mother died and then, on December 30th, 1983 after celebrating the Christmas holidays, his father passed away at Wordsworth's young age of thirteen. After this occurrence their house was given up and the boys were made to live with their maternal grandparents the Cooksons, and their uncle, Christopher Crackanthoope Cookson. At this time in Wordsworth's life he underwent a significant change experienced dependency through patronization and also underwent a rebellious state from having to live with people who weren't parents and surely wasn't as fond of. Having an uneasy and restless mind, Wordsworth left for St. John's College, Cambridge, in the fall of 1787. Three years later in 1790 Wordsworth had already given up any inte...