William_Wordsworth(英美文选)
经典：William-Wordsworth华兹华斯-英国浪漫主义
Features in literature:
英国诗人全都是大自然的观察者、爱好者和崇拜者。 ■对乡村和大海的热爱 ■对高级动物的喜爱和对一般动物世界的熟悉 ■明显的个人独立性，作家们都很有点个人癖性 ■讲求实际的道德观和人生观，与追求正义的强烈意愿 ■英国浪漫主义在发展过程中的各阶段又有着各自的一些特点
■Birthplace: Cockermouth(科克茅斯), Cumberland(坎伯兰郡),
in the Lake District in 1770. ■Orphanage:
at the age of 14. ■Education:
was educated at Cambridge University in 1787. ■Migration:
1770-1850
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The Lake Poets 湖畔三才子
■ The Lake Poets: William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge
（塞缪尔 泰勒 科勒律治）
Robert Southey
（罗伯特·骚塞）
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The Lake Poets
They had lived in the lake district in the northwestern part of England and shared a community of literary and social outlook in their work.
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William Wordsworth's influence
华兹华斯的诗歌理论动摇了英国古典主义诗学的统治，有力地 推动了英国诗歌的革新和浪漫主义运动的发展，因而英美评论家将 华兹华斯的Lyrical Ballads《抒情歌谣集序》称为英国浪漫主义的 宣言。
英美文学选读William WordsworthPPT课件
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• Verse 是指韵文，也就是带有押韵 、 句子分行的文体 。 verse强调的是外在的形式，符合上面2条的文体基本都可以 叫做verse，比如 打油诗、歌词、口号、名言、民谣等等。 • Poem强调内在，是真正意义上的诗歌，它发掘深刻的思 想、彰显高尚的情操，语言优美，感情深挚。至于是否押韵 等外在形式并不过分要求。
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William Wordsworth
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• William Wordsworth (17701850) was one of the greatest poets of England. As the leading figure of the English Romantic Movement, he has made great contribution in poetic theory. • “Poet Laureate” 桂冠诗人
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Wordsworth’s writing style
William Wordsworth’s poems were fresh in imagination, simple, plain and vivid in language.
He was especially good at writing about nature and common people.
The Romantic Period
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Romantic Movement
By the beginning of the 19th century a movement had taken
威廉.华兹华斯（WilliamWordsworth）诗选
威廉.华兹华斯（WilliamWordsworth）诗选华兹华斯(William Wordsworth)（1770-1850），主要作品有《抒情歌谣集》、《序曲》、《远游》等。
华兹华斯简介：华兹华斯William Wordsworth（1770～1850）英国诗人，与柯尔律治、骚塞同被称为“湖畔派”诗人。
华兹华斯生于律师之家，少孤，就学于剑桥大学，1790年和1791年两次赴法。
当时正是法国大革命的年代，年轻的华兹华斯对革命深表同情与向往。
回国后不久，局势剧变，华兹华斯对法国大革命的态度渐趋保守，最后，终于成为安享“桂冠诗人”称号的保守派。
华兹华斯的诗以描写自然风光、田园景色、乡民村姑、少男少女闻名于世。
文笔朴素清新，自然流畅，一反新古典主义平板、典雅的风格，开创了新鲜活泼的浪漫主义诗风。
1798年华兹华斯与柯尔律治共同发表的《抒情歌谣集》宣告了浪漫主义新诗的诞生。
华兹华斯在1800年《抒情歌谣集》第二版的序言中详细阐述了浪漫主义新诗的理论，主张以平民的语言抒写平民的事物、思想与感情，被誉为浪漫主义诗歌的宣言。
此后，华兹华斯的诗歌在深度与广度方面得到进一步的发展，在描写自然风光、平民事物之中寓有深意，寄托着自我反思和人生探索的哲理思维。
完成于1805年、发表于1850年的长诗《序曲》则是他最具有代表性的作品。
华兹华斯诗才最旺盛的时期是1797至1807年的10年。
其后佳作不多，到1843年被任命为“桂冠诗人”时已经没有什么作品了。
然而纵观他的一生，其诗歌成就是突出的，不愧为继莎士比亚、弥尔顿之后的一代大家。
丁登寺昏睡曾蒙住我的心灵她住在无人迹的小路旁我有过奇异的心血来潮我曾在陌生人中间作客威斯敏斯特桥上我孤独地漫游，像一朵云孤独的割麦女我们是七个------------------------------------------------------- 丁登寺五年过去了，五个夏天，还有五个漫长的冬天！并且我重又听见这些水声，从山泉中滚流出来，在内陆的溪流中柔声低语。
英美文学选读：William-Wordsworth
Meter
The lines in the poem are in iambic tetrameter, as demonstrated in the third stanza:
• ..........1...................2..................3.......................4.......... The WAVES | be SIDE | them DANCED; | but THEY
William Wordsworth
• William Wordsworth (17701850) was one of the greatest poets of England. As the leading figure of the English Romantic Movement, he has made great contribution in poetic theory. • “Poet Laureate” 桂冠诗人
Wordsworth’s writing style
William Wordsworth’s poems were fresh in imagination, simple, plain and vivid in language.
He was especially good at writing about nature and common people.
1. 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
经典：William-Wordsworth华兹华斯-英国浪漫主义
Lake District
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Poet laureate (桂冠诗人)
起源： “桂冠”这一称号起源于中世纪的大学，当学生掌握了语法、
修辞、诗歌，学校就为他戴上桂冠，以示他获得学位。后来，这个 称号用于在诗歌创作上有显著成就的人，而且作为称颂乔叟和彼特 拉克的标准方式。William Wordsworth是1843-1850的桂冠诗人。 改革：
■Birthplace: Cockermouth(科克茅斯), Cumberland(坎伯兰郡),
in the Lake District in 1770. ■Orphanage:
at the age of 14. ■Education:
was educated at Cambridge University in 1787. ■Migration:
His first home in the lakes
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Gravestone of Wordsworth, Grasmere
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married Mary Hutchinson in 1802. ■Honor:
became Poet Laureate in 1843. ■Death:
died of pneumonia in 1850.
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William Wordsworth’s Birthplace
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Dove Cottage
William Wordsworth:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud(我好似一朵孤独的云) The Solitary Reaper(孤独的割麦女)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge(塞缪尔 泰勒 科勒律治)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(古舟子咏) Kubla Kham(忽必烈汗) Christabel(克里斯特贝尔)
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Wordsworth Principles of poetry
In the preface of "Lyrical Ballads", he set forth his principles of peotry. 1. "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" appealed directly to individual sensations as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry. 2.The true function of poetry lies in its power to give an unexpected splendor to familiar and commonplace things. (humble, rustic life as subject-matter)
Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
• 2. Poems about human life • He thinks that a common life is the only subject of literary interest. he is a masterhand in searching and revealing the feelings of common people. The joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes. His sympathy always goes to the suffering poor.
William-Wordsworth-的介绍-英文
Contents
Introduction Creative career Marriage and children Poetry appreciation
Comparison between Wordsworth and Tao Qian
Introduction
Creative career
Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. In the same year he began attending St John's College, Cambridge.
Introduction
The second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth, Cumberland, part of the scenic region in northwestern England known as the Lake District. His sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy Wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life.They had three other siblings: Richard, the eldest, born after Dorothy, who went to sea and died in 1805 when the ship of which he was captain, the Earl of Abergavenny, was wrecked off the south coast of England; and Christopher, the youngest, who entered the Church and rose to be Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
威廉.华兹华斯WilliamWordsworth
威廉.华兹华斯WilliamWordsworth1．华兹华斯（WilliamWordsworth,1770-1850）的生平及创作生涯华兹华斯（1770～1850）英国诗人，华兹华斯生于律师之家，1783年他的父亲去世，他和弟兄们由舅父照管，妹妹多萝西（Dorothy）则由外祖父母抚养。
多萝西与他最为亲近，终身未嫁，一直与他作伴。
1787年他进剑桥大学圣约翰学院学习，大学毕业后去法国，住在布卢瓦。
他对法国革命怀有热情，认为这场革命表现了人性的完美，将拯救帝制之下处于水深火热中的人民。
在布卢瓦他结识了许多温和派的吉伦特党人。
1792年华兹华斯回到伦敦，仍对革命充满热情。
但他的舅父对他的政治活动表示不满，不愿再予接济。
正在走投无路时，一位一直同情并钦佩他的老同学去世，留给他900英镑。
于是在1795年10月，他与多萝西一起迁居乡间，实现接近自然并探讨人生意义的宿愿。
多萝西聪慧体贴，给他创造了写作条件。
1798年9月至1799年春，华兹华斯同多萝西去德国小住，创作了《采干果》、《露斯》和短诗《露西》组诗，同时开始写作长诗《序曲》。
1802年10月，华兹华斯和相识多年的玛丽·郝金生结婚。
这段时间，华兹华斯写了许多以自然与人生关系为主题的诗歌，中心思想是大自然是人生欢乐和智慧的源。
1803年华兹华斯游苏格兰，写了《孤独的收割人》和记游诗。
1807年他出版两卷本诗集，这部诗集的出版，结束从1797至1807年他创作生命最旺盛的10年。
华兹华斯与柯尔律治（Samuel TaylorColeridge）、骚塞（Robert Southey）同被称为“湖畔派”诗人（LakePoets）。
他们也是英国文学中最早出现的浪漫主义作家。
他们喜爱大自然，描写宗法制农村生活，厌恶资本主义的城市文明和冷酷的金钱关系，他们远离城市，隐居在昆布兰湖区和格拉斯米尔湖区，由此得名“湖畔派”。
“湖畔派”三诗人中成就最高者为华兹华斯。
William_Wordsworth
Examples
1) “Lines” (p.10—15)
2) “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” (p.19—20)
Comments on His Poetry
Appendix:
1.《丁登寺杂咏》 五年过去了，五个夏天，还有 五个漫长的冬天！并且我重又听见 这些水声，从山泉中滚流出来， 在内陆的溪流中柔声低语。—— 看到这些峻峭巍峨的山崖， 这一幕荒野的风景深深地留给 思想一个幽僻的印象：山水呀， 联结着天空的那一片宁静。 这一天到来，我重又在此休憩 在无花果树的浓荫之下．远眺 村舍密布的田野，簇生的果树园，
“丁登寺杂咏”
Comments on Wordsworth
Besides a deep love for nature, 2. A masterhand in searching and revealing the feelings of the common people Many themes: from rural life
在这一个时令，果子呀尚未成熟， 披着一身葱绿，将自己掩没 在灌木丛和乔木林中。我又一次 看到树篙，或许那并非树篱，而是一行 行顽皮的树精在野跑：这些田园风光， 一直绿到家门；袅绕的炊烟 静静地升起在树林顶端！ 它飘忽不定，仿佛是一些 漂泊者在无家的林中走动， 或许是有高人逸士的洞穴，孤独地 坐在火焰旁。
Lines Written in Early Spring “早春诗行” To the Cuckoo “致布谷鸟” The Daffodils “水仙花” I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud “我独自漫游像一朵浮云” My Heart Leaps Up “我的心激烈地跳动” Intimations of Immortality “不朽颂” Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
威廉华兹华斯英文作文
威廉华兹华斯英文作文William Wordsworth was a famous English poet who livedin the 18th and 19th centuries. He was known for his romantic poetry and his love for nature. His poems often reflected his deep connection with the natural world andhis belief in the power of the human spirit.Wordsworth's poetry is filled with vivid imagery and emotional depth. He had a unique ability to capture the beauty and tranquility of the natural world in his words, and his poems often evoke a sense of wonder and awe in the reader.One of Wordsworth's most famous poems is "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," also known as "Daffodils." In this poem, Wordsworth describes a field of daffodils and the profound impact that this simple sight had on him. The poem is a beautiful example of Wordsworth's ability to findinspiration and beauty in the world around him.In addition to his poetry, Wordsworth was also a key figure in the Romantic movement in England. He, along with other poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Blake, sought to break away from the rigid conventions of18th-century literature and explore new forms of expression.Wordsworth's influence on English literature cannot be overstated. His poetry continues to be studied and admired for its timeless themes and its celebration of the natural world. He has left a lasting legacy as one of the greatest poets in the English language.。
William-Wordsworth(1770-1850)威廉·华兹华斯
• Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800) • Preface to the Lyrical Ballads • "Strange fits of passion have I known” • “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Way” • "Three years she grew" • "A Slumber Did my Spirit Seal” • "I travelled among unknown men" • "Lucy Gray” • "The Two April Mornings" • "Solitary Reaper" • "Nutting” • "The Ruined Cottage" • "Michael" • "The Kitten At Play"
Features of his works
Wordsworth can penetrate to the heart of things and give the reader the very life of nature. And he thinks that common life is the only subject of literary interest. The joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes. His sympathy always goes to the suffering poor.
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry.
自考《英美文学选读》笔记2（简单版）
William Wordsworth （1770-1850） 1770 He was born in the family of an attorney. He was educated at St. John's College， Cambridge. 1790-92He traveled to France and sensed the filthiness of the French Revolution （Slogan "liberty， fraternity， and equality"）。
He saw that Jacobite took the power from Gironde， who was radical. Lewis XIIII was killed. He became conservative in politics. 1795 A gentleman friend gave him some money that enabled him to live in Great Lake with his sister Dorothy who never got married and live with William Wordsworth of all her life. 1798 The beginning of the Romantic period. He lived by the riverside with his sister writing poems for 8 years. 1813 Wordsworth received a sinecure as a distributor. 1843 He succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate. William Wordsworth is the best-known and oldest poet among the Lake Poet. 3 groups of his poetry 1. Simple， rural folk： wrote when he lived in Great Lake district. e.g. "Lucy Poem"： full of innocence and simpleness. 2. Childhood： beautiful and instructive. e.g. "We are seven"， a short poem in the form of a dialogue between the poet and a 8-year-old girl. The poem reveals Wordsworth's philosophy of pre-existence of soul. The girl is too innocent to recognize death. "Ode： Intimations and Immortality"， explains his philosophy of pr-existence， explains the from childhood to manhood. 3. Nature - the most important part About animals， plants， emotions. e.g. "To a butterfly"， "To a skylark"， "My heart leaps up"， expresses the joy of seeing rainbow. The major works of William Wordsworth. Tintern Abby， it combines his feelings as worship of nature， with his impression gathered during his second visit. In this poem， Wordsworth reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions with regard to the natural world. The Prelude，（1805） contains 14 books. His autobiographical poem. The first 8 books tell about his early life. The last 6 books tell about his growing maturity. Importance of the poem： it's a heart-pouring expression of Wordsworth's own spiritual development. The Preface，（1800） added to the Lyrical Ballads （1798）。
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Life Story Major Literary Works His Artistic Points of View His Position in English Literature
Life Story
Born on 7 April, 1770 in Cockermouth; His mother died in Penrith when he was 8, and his father, 13; Attended the Grammar School in Hawkshead and made many visits to the countryside from 1779 until 1787; Received a bequest of £900 in 1795, which gave him the means to pursue a literary career; Married Mary Hutchinson in 1802; Became the Poet Laureate in 1842; Died on 23 April, 80 years after his birth.
His Position in English Literature
The leading figure of the English romantic poetry; A voice of comprehensive humanity; a person inspiring his audience to see the world freshly, sympathetically and naturally; A man starting modern poetry of the growing inner self and changing the course of English poetry by using ordinary language and advocating a return to nature.
英国文学史英国浪漫主义作家威廉_华兹华斯_William_Wordsworth
My Heart leaps up when I behold
• • • • • • • • • My Heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Points of View
1. Poetry Is Spontaneous “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” 2. A whisper of nature: “the nurse,/the guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul/ of all my moral being” Nature to him is a source of mental cleanliness and spiritual understanding; a healing power; a teacher; the stepping stone between Man and God; 3. “emotion recollected in tranquility” A poet’s emotion extends from human affairs to nature, but emotion immediately expressed is as raw as wine newly bottled.
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• 2. Source of poetry: • feelings • 1) “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”(ibid) • 2) emotion recollected in tranquility
• What is shown of special qualities of Wordsworth’s poetry and his principles of writing poetry? • Simplicity of language, common incidents of life, emotion recollected in tranquility
• 9. tenses used in the poem and the significance of the change of tenses • stanzas 1-3, past tense; last stanza: present tense • The poet (speaker )looks back from preset upon the even in the past; his recollection of the past, his emotion recollected in tranquility.
• 3. language: ”real language of men in a state of vivid sensation” (no poetic diction)
• 4. function of poetry: to produce pleasure (aesthetic pleasure) ”Nor let this necessity of producing immediate pleasure be considered as a degradation of the poet’s art….It is and acknowledgement of the beauty of the universe…”” • (Preface to Lyrical Ballads)
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“I wandered lonely as a cloud”:
• “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is a lyric poem focusing on the poet’s response to the beauty of nature. A lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet rather than telling a story or presenting a witty observation. • The final version of the poem was first published in Collected Poems in 1815. An earlier version was published in Poems in Two Volumes in 1807 as a threestanza poem. The final version has four stanzas. Wordsworth wrote the earlier version in 1804, two years after seeing the lakeside daffodils that inspired the poem. For the original experience, two years earlier, see Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journals, April 15, 1802.
Reference
• The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 2. • Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. • /wiki/We_are_Seven • /Guides3 /IWandered.html#Top
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3. A return to nature.
4. Simple and colloquial language: iambic tetrameter.
Themes
• The soothing effect of memories on human thoughts; small things in life may bring happiness to us. • The unity between human and nature in a simple style and musical eloquence.
• The waves beside them danced, but they 湖面的涟漪也 迎风起舞， • Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: — 水仙的欢乐却胜 过涟漪： • A poet could not but be gay 有了这样愉快的伴侣。 • In such a jocund company! 诗人怎能不心旷神怡！ • I gazed—and gazed—but little thought 我望了又望，却 未曾想到 • What wealth the show to me had brought; 这美景给了我 怎样的珍宝。
The Solitary Reaper: a postcolonial interpretation • Rather than assuming a single nationalist viewpoint, it might be suggested to see the different layers of cultural identity. • Out of treacherous circumstances, as much as any more positive ones, emerges literary expression.
2016-2017学年高二八Module 6 背景材料 文章 William Wordsworth
华兹华斯简介华兹华斯简介：华兹华斯William Wordsworth （1770～1850)英国诗人，与柯尔律治、骚塞同被称为“湖畔派"诗人。
华兹华斯生于律师之家，少孤,就学于剑桥大学，1790年和1791年两次赴法。
当时正是法国大革命的年代，年轻的华兹华斯对革命深表同情与向往。
回国后不久，局势剧变，华兹华斯对法国大革命的态度渐趋保守，最后,终于成为安享“桂冠诗人”称号的保守派。
华兹华斯的诗以描写自然风光、田园景色、乡民村姑、少男少女闻名于世。
1798年华兹华斯与柯尔律治共同发表的《抒情歌谣集》宣告了浪漫主义新诗的诞生。
华兹华斯在1800年《抒情歌谣集》第二版的序言中详细阐述了浪漫主义新诗的理论，主张以平民的语言抒写平民的事物、思想与感情,被誉为浪漫主义诗歌的宣言。
此后，华兹华斯的诗歌在深度与广度方面得到进一步的发展，在描写自然风光、平民事物之中寓有深意，寄托着自我反思和人生探索的哲理思维。
完成于1805年、发表于1850年的长诗《序曲》则是他最具有代表性的作品。
华兹华斯诗才最旺盛的时期是1797至1807年的10年。
其后佳作不多，到1843年被任命为“桂冠诗人”时已经没有什么作品了。
然而纵观他的一生，其诗歌成就是突出的，不愧为继莎士比亚、弥尔顿之后的一代大家。
致云雀天上游客，云间歌手,你因它充满忧愁而鄙弃人间？抑或你奋翼凌云的时候，地上露巢仍系你的心和眼?你现在能自由进入的窝,安顿过你励举的双翼，还孕育了你的歌！让夜莺安于她的阴阴林木，风日流丽之地才适于你飞举,从那里你的音乐之涛泻向人间；凭天乡灵浪,发智者心泉,你清醒高翔,不是迷惘流浪，忠于有缘之乡，不管人间天上。
我孤独地漫游，像一朵云我孤独地漫游，像一朵云在山丘和谷地上飘荡,忽然间我看见一群金色的水仙花迎春开放，在树阴下，在湖水边，迎着微风起舞翩翩。
连绵不绝，如繁星灿烂,在银河里闪闪发光，它们沿着湖湾的边缘延伸成无穷无尽的一行；我一眼看见了一万朵，在欢舞之中起伏颠簸。
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Life
In November 1791, Wordsworth visited Revolutionary France and became enthralled with the Republican movement. He fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon, who in 1792 gave birth to their child, Caroline. Because of lack of money and Britain's tensions with France, he returned alone to England the next year. and war between France and Britain prevented him from seeing Annette and Caroline again for several years.
In 1802 Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson ,a childhood friend ,who is portrayed in the charming lyric as ―a Phantom of Delight.‖ In 1813,Wordsworth moved to Rydal Mount ,a few kilometers from Dove Cottage ,and there the poet spent the remainder of his life ,expect for Periodic travels .In his later years ,his position as a great poet was firmly established. In 1842,Wordsworth received a government pension ,and in the following year he succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate.
Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi autobiographical poem of his early years which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.
The Prelude，which began in the 1790s,was completed in 1805 end. Many critics rank it as Wordsworth‘s greatest work. England‗s Poet Laureate （桂冠诗人） 据希腊神话所述，当阿波罗快要追上达佛涅时，她变成了一棵月桂树。 阿波罗随即把月桂作为他的标志，并决定把月桂枝条或桂冠作为给诗人及 优胜者的荣誉奖赏（见奥维德《变形记》第一卷）。 从阿波罗神话到英国的桂冠诗人，一脉相承，沿袭了国王和首领们供养 宫廷诗人为其歌功颂德的古老传统。斯堪的纳维亚的吟唱诗人(skald)，威 尔士的吟游诗人(bard)，盎格鲁—撒克逊的吟游诗人(scop)都和英格兰的 桂冠诗人有相似之处，都依附于某个宫廷，为其服务。为宫廷娱乐而设的 专职诗人，如威廉一世时的宫廷诗人，亨利一世时的御前诗人，到了亨利 三世时，便成为王室诗人，成为英国皇家成员。
All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850)
A major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.
In the autumn of 1798,Wordsworth,Dorothy,and Coleridge traveled to Germany .While Coleridge was intellectually stimulated by the trip, its main effect on Wordsworth was to produce homesickness. During the harsh winter of 1798–1799, Wordsworth lived with Dorothy in Goslar, and despite extreme stress and loneliness, he began work on an autobiographical piece later titled The Prelude. He also wrote a number of famous poems, including "the Lucy poems". He and his sister moved back to England, now to Dove Cottage in Grasmere in the Lake District, and this time with fellow poet Robert Southey nearby. Through this period, many of his poems revolve around themes of death, endurance, separation, and grief.
1793 saw Wordsworth's first published poetry with the collections An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches. He received a legacy of £900 from Raisley Calvert in 1795 so that he could pursue writing poetry. In 1797 Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. The two poets quickly developed a close friendship .Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey. Together, Wordsworth and Coleridge (with insights from Dorothy) produced Lyrical Ballads (1798), an important work in the English Romantic movement.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), poet & critic, was born in Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, the son of a clergy man. The poet Robert Southey as well as Coleridge lived nearby, and the three men became known as ―Lake Poets‖. 骚赛，柯立基也居住在ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้一地城，三人并称为“湖畔诗人”他 们也是英国文学中最早出现的浪漫主义作家。他们喜爱大自然， 描写宗法制农村生活，厌恶资本主义的城市文明和冷酷的金钱 关系，他们远离城市，隐居在昆布兰湖区和格拉斯米尔湖区， 由此得名“湖畔派”。 Lyrical Ballads （抒情歌谣集）是英國浪漫時期文學兩大詩人 ── 華滋華斯 (William Wordsworth) 以及柯立基 (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) ── 的共同心血結晶，收錄包括華滋華斯 著名的〈丁騰修道院〉 ("Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey") 和柯立基的鉅作〈古舟子詠〉 ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner") 。它的出版具有劃時代性的意義， 揮別了18世紀波普 (Alexander Pope)、德萊頓(John Dryden) 等新古典主義強調規則、次序、克制、理性、和諧、均衡等文 學價值，這些「湖畔派詩人」轉而追求天賦的回溯、與自然的 親近以及對於情感和想像力的內在開發，逐漸趨近日後心理分 析學派關於幼時回憶與潛意識的絕對著墨。
The second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson, William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth in Cumberland — part of the scenic region in north-west England, the Lake District. Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. That same year he began attending St John's College, Cambridge, he developed a keen love of nature as a youth. and received his B.A. degree in 1791 . He returned to Hawkshead for his first two summer holidays, and often spent later holidays on walking tours, visiting places famous for the beauty of their landscape. In 1790, he took a walking tour of Europe, during which he toured the Alps extensively, and also visited nearby areas of France, Switzerland, and Italy.