Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet born in 1770 who died in 1850. He is known for his poems focused on themes of nature, where he portrayed himself as a "priest of nature" who truly loved natural beauty. Some of his most notable works include Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes, and The Prelude, which was an autobiographical poem about his interactions with nature that helped assure him of his poetic mission. In his "Preface to Lyrical Ballads", Wordsworth outlined his view of poetry as "experiments" using the everyday language of lower classes.

1. Paper-3 Literary theory and criticism.
Prepared by : Ankita Makwana M.
• presentation Topic :Wordsworth as a Poet.
• Paper No :3.
• Roll No :2.
• Year :2013-14.
• Semester : 1.
• Submitted to : Department of English.

2. His life
Born:7 April 1770 Wordsworth
House .
Died:23 April 1850(aged80)
Cumberland , United Kingdom.
Occupation : Poet.
Notable works :lyrical Ballads,
Poem in Two Volumes , The Prelude
Nationality : English.

3. Themes of nature
 Most of his poems
having theme of
nature.
 He was a priest of
nature.
 He truly loves
natural beauty more
than other poets.
“ Nature never
did
Betray the heart
that loved her “.
-William
Wordsworth.

4. Major Works
• William Wordsworth

5. Preface to Lyrical Ballad.
In his “ Preface to Lyrical Ballad
", which is called the "manifesto"
of English Romantic criticism,
Wordsworth calls his poems
"experimental."
 “ The majority of the following
poems are to be considered as
experiments. They were written
chiefly with a view to ascertain
how far the language of
conversation in the middle and
lower classes of society is adapted
to the purpose of poetic pleasure “.

6. The Prelude.
 The Prelude is an autobiographical
poem.
Literary Critic on ‘ The
Prelude ‘.
 According to Monique R. Morgan's
"Narrative Means to Lyric Ends in
Wordsworth's Prelude," "Much of
the poem consists of Wordsworth's
interactions with nature that
'assure him of his poetic mission.'
The Prelude

7. Conclusion.
 For the last part of his life, Wordsworth had been
"polishing the style and qualifying some of its radical
statements about the divine sufficiency of the human
mind in its communion with nature".

8. Thank You.