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Thinking like a Wordsworth
Wordsworth's Words?
Wordsworth's Life
Batman or Wordsworth?
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What is the most common topic of Wordsworth’s poems?
Nature
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“Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.”
Wordsworth
100
How many siblings did William Wordsworth have?
Four siblings, he was the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Coockson
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But they are silent;--they still roll along
William Wordsworth - A night piece
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What color daffodils does Wordsworth mention in “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”?
Gold
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“'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
Keats
200
What was the name of his only play?
The Borderers
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Characters of the great apocalypse
William Wordsworth - The Simplon Pass
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What does jocund mean in line 16, “In such a jocund company:”, of “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”?
Cheerful or lighthearted
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“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Shakespeare
300
How did William Wordsworth die?
By aggravating a case of pleurisy
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Did I finally reach the limits of reason? and find the devil waiting?
Batman
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How many sentences does Wordsworth usually have per stanza?
1 sentence
400
“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come.”
Wordsworth
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Where did William Wordsworth grow up?
Cockermouth, Cumbria, England
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The night is darkest just before the dawn.
Harvey Dent
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What is the most common literary device used by Wordsworth (based on "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud")?
Personification and imagery
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“Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.”
Coleridge
500
Name the two children that lived longer than William Wordsworth
John Wordsworth and William Wordsworth
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As if a voice were in them, the sick sight
Wordsworth - A Simplon Pass