Personal Life
Wordsworth is from this place, on Earth.
What is England? Specifically the Lake District.
This poet hated Wordsworth so much that he once called him Turdsworth (but not to his face).
Who is Byron?
Wordsworth is known for using this kind of diction.
What is simplistic or common diction?
What other poet was in the first generation of Romantic poets?
Coleridge
William Wordsworth was born in this year (which is the same year as the Boston massacre).
What is 1770?
Wordsworth was often criticized because of this stylistic choice.
What is using common diction? (but this is not the only answer!)
Wordsworth was influenced by the Industrial Revolution to write about man’s connection with this.
What is nature?
What was Byron's Archetype called?
Byronic hero
Wordsworth sister _________ was a major influence, especially after he adopted a more lyrical style.
Who is Dorothy?
This poet had a close working relationship with Wordsworth, but they eventually had major disagreements. He applauded Wordsworth’s genius but still had critiques.
Who is Coelridge?
Wordsworth quality of writing was described as this after the death of his brother in 1805.
What is lofty or milton-like?
What deep shock shifted Wordsworth's style later in his life?
The death of his brother.