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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH - Coggle Diagram
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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POETRY
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Poetry was a solitary act, originating not in the extraordinary but in the ordinary
He would deal with man, nature and everyday things trying to make them interesting for the reader
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TASK AND STYLE
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He used blank verse, though he proved skilful at several verse forms such as:
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- short lines and simple rhymes
He draws attention to the ordinary things of life, to the humblest people
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Was born in Cumberland in the English Lake District, in 1770
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In 1802 William married a childhood friend, Mary Hutchinson and they had five children
In 1805 he finished his masterpiece, The Prelude, a long autobiographical poem in 14 books, which was published only after his death
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