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1991-05-16
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William Wordsworth was born on the 7th April 1770 at Cockermouth in
Cumberland, England. He grew up in the beautiful lake district that was later
to provide inspiration for much of his poetry and philosophy. His early
boyhood was marred by the tragedy that was to accompany him throughout life.
When he was just eight years old his mother died, followed by his father five
years later. From a young age, he was very aware that the way in which he lived
would have a profound influence upon his creativity. He later put many of his
experiances into the largely autobiographical poem, The Prelude, recognising
that this was an unconventional method of writing poatry: "A thing
unprecedented in literary history that a man should talk so much about
himself." Strong contemporary opinion held that to use poetry to describe
normal, everyday occurrences was to demean the form. William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.