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Two of William Wordsworth's poems include [|Written in March] and [|I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud]

Here are more examples of William Wordsworth's poetry:
 * * [|The Daffodils; or, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud] || * [|On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic, 1802] ||
 * * [|Desideria] || * [|The Solitary Reaper] ||
 * * [|Evening on Calais Beach] || * [|Speak!] ||
 * * [|London, 1802] || * [|Upon Westminster Bridge] ||
 * * [|Lucy] || * [|The World is too Much with Us] ||
 * * [|Mutability] || * [|She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways] ||
 * * [|Ode to Duty] || * [|Perfect Woman] ||


 * The Timeline of William Wordsworth ||
 * < 1770 ||< William Wordsworth is born. ||
 * < 1790 ||< Finished his academic career and explored the continent with a friend, (Mr. Robert James). ||
 * < 1791 ||< Was in France at this time and was inspired by the French Revolution. ||
 * < 1793 ||< Appeared to the world as an author. His works include __Descriptive Sketches__ and __The Evening Walk.__ ||
 * < 1795 ||< A friend, Raisley Calvert died, which left Wordsworth with a large sum of money, which he used to persue his career. ||
 * < 1797 ||< Inspired by a friend (Coleridge), he moved to Alfoxen. In this residence, he created his lighter poems. For example, __Borderers__, which was rejected but __Lyrical Ballads__ was a hit and also contained Coleridge's __Ancient Mariner.__ ||
 * < 1802 ||< Wordsworth and his sister went to Scotland, which was one of the most important details from his life. From there, he was inspired to write his finest lighter poems. ||
 * < 1813 ||< Moved to Royal Mount, where he stayed for the rest of his life. He was very happy and stayed there for thirty-seven years. ||
 * < 1843 ||< Was made Poet of Laureate of England and the crown gave him a pension. ||
 * 1847 || After the death of his only daughter caused such shock on his heart, he was devastated. ||
 * < 1850 ||< William Wordsworth died and was buried beside his daughter. ||

__<span style="color: #0fc2a7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Background Information __ <span style="color: #ec2265; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Many of Wordsworth's ideas comes from nature. He was inspired by the simple things in life that made life grand. He especially liked daffodils, some say it was because it was his favorite flower, others say he was always around them, or it might even be a little of both. None the less, he would always write about them. When he moved to different locations around the world, it inspired his creativity. For example, when he traveled to Scotland, many of his greater pieces of work came from that time. Many of the themes he used are, the power of the human mind, nature, and the happiness of childhood. However, his writing started to decline when his only daughter died in 1847, he was devastated. Many people were surprised when he survived the shock, but it didn't last long. The reason for this was he died three years later, mainly because the death of his daughter, which caused to be the death of him. He was buried right next to his daughter, which is what he wanted.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Discussion Questions:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1. Do you think that a dramatic time in your life (like the death of his daughter) would make your writing better or worse?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2. In the poem __Written in March__ identify and explain three literary devices.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">3. What is the theme of the poem __I Wandered Lonely as a cloud__?