William Wordsworth
This sister was baptized with William and his closest sibling
Who is Dorothy Wordsworth?
Sara Fricker, his wife, was jealous of his friendships and poured this on his foot so he could not go on a walk with them.
What is boiling milk?
The place, named for the supposed healing waters one washed in, where young Robert was sent to live with his unaffectionate Aunt Elizabeth.
What is Bath?
This day next week is the 260th anniversary of his birth.
What is February 10?
The historic revolution that inspired many Romantic poets took place in this country.
What is France?
The friend he left in Germany after he got homesick.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
A book of poetry co-written with William Wordsworth, published in 1798.
What is Lyrical Ballads?
This poem was written about a grandfather and his two grandchildren discussing a "famous victory" in Bavaria during the War of the Spanish Succession, about which
What is "The Battle of Blenheim"?
His older sister, who taught him to read and later co-wrote several children's poetry books with him.
Who is Mary Lamb?
A characteristic of English Romantic poetry.
What is focus on the physical landscape, meditations on emotional or personal crises, contemplation of interaction between humans and environment, melancholy, nostalgia, or imagination?
The alternate name of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", taken from the flowers mentioned several times throughout the poem.
What is Daffodils?
The school he attended with Charles Lamb
What is Christ's Hospital School?
Sara Fricker's sister, to whom Robert was happily married.
Who is Edith Fricker?
The title of a poem in which the unnamed speaker chastises Robert for killing a fly for sport.
What is "Thoughtless Cruelty"?
William Wordsworth loved the Lake District for this quality, but was indirectly involved in its loss as it became a tourist destination.
What is isolation, or an undisturbed vision of nature?
The cottage William and Dorothy lived in with several of his family members and friends.
What is Dove Cottage?
This poem he wrote is named after the message you leave on a gravestone.
What is "Epitaph"?
This poet wrote the epitaph on Southey's grave.
Who is William Wordsworth?
What is the East India Company?
This philosophical movement took place before Romanticism, and idealized logic and reason over feeling and emotion.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
The year William Wordsworth was named poet laureate of England.
What is 1843?
The "perfect" society he and Robert Southey were going to build.
What is Pantisocracy?
This country's literature was inspired by his writings.
What is Russia?
The pen name under which he wrote Essays and Last Essays.
Who is Elia?
The concept of something that has the power to compel and destroy, as opposed to the Beautiful, which is well-pleased and and aesthetically pleasing, as described by Edmund Burke, and was favored by Romantic poets.
What is the Sublime?