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A Visit to Wordsworth House, Cumberland, England

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382146) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Sep 19

The name of William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) is probably known to most of you. He was an English poet of the Romantic era, and was widely recognised for his literary writings. One of his well-known poems was ‘Daffodils’ which also...

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Literary Anthologies

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Mar 18

I am always interested in looking at the editorial choices behind literary anthologies, (collection of works by various authors, rather than a book of writings by a single writer). A book like Best Ghost Stories Of All Time or...

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Poem - Lake District Daffodils

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Feb 18

Why on Earth Did you work for Wordsworth But not for me? I write proper poetry I saw some Daffodils & thought ‘So flippiin’ wot!" I traipsed up & down yer silly hills This poem’s all I got. Yer never gave me any...

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William Wordsworth's Childhood Home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382146) • Rockingham, Australia 5 May 17

While we were in England in 2015 we visited a town called Cockermouth in Cumberland. Here, the National Trust looks after the house where poet William Wordsworth was born. It has been fitted out as it might have been when...

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Poetry Review – William Wordsworth – My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Oct 15

Wordsworth’s short poem (just nine lines long) about the thrill he feels when he sees a rainbow in the sky after the rain. He describes being amazed and delighted by rainbows as a child and that the same sense of magic strikes him...

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Wordsworth

steerforth @steerforth (1797) • Italy 7 May 07

Do you like the poems of William Wordsworth? William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their...

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How Much Do you Like William Wordsworth

dareformore @dareformore (794) • Pakistan 3 May 07

Yes, THE POET OF NATURE. The poet who loves nature and has firm belief in the eternity of beauty in every form. The Poet who has a unique style. If You do like him then which of his poems do you like the most? I love his style...

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