William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet born in 1770 who is considered one of the founders of English Romanticism. He served as Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. Wordsworth is renowned as one of the greatest poets of nature, representing the natural world in his works with truthfulness. His poetry frequently features natural elements like trees, birds, rivers, mountains, valleys, wind, and flowers. Wordsworth believed nature could teach mankind great lessons and represented it as having a calm, living soul. He saw the outer beauty and subtle changes in nature through a sensitive lens.