William Wordsworth was an influential English Romantic poet from 1770 to 1850. Some of his most famous works include Lyrical Ballads, published in 1798 with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Prelude, an autobiographical poem published after his death in 1850. Wordsworth found spiritual meaning and inspiration in nature, believing it had the power to elevate the mind and purify distressed spirits. He was concerned with the relationship between man and nature as well as the dangers of materialism corrupting spirituality and insensitivity to the natural world.

1. William Wordsworth
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2. 1770 – 1850
English Romantic Poet
Romantic Age in English
Literature
Lyrical Ballads (1798)
The Prelude (1850):
Semi-Autobiographical poem

3. The Solitary Reaper
Daffodils
Lucy Gray
London, 1802
Composed on Westminster Bridge
The Excursion
Ode: Intimations of Immortality

4. ‘Beauteous forms’ of Nature
Rural paradise – Derwent River
Sensitivity to Nature shaped
perceptions
‘In hours of weariness, sensations
sweet’(Tintern Abbey)
Power of Nature
Elevation of mind

5. Man and Materialism
Man’s Relationship with Nature
Commitment to worldly business
Loss of Spirituality
Insensitivity to Natural forms
Divinity in Nature
Nature purifies corrupted and
distressed spirits/minds

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