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1、WilliamWordsworthBornonApril7,1770inCockermouth,CumberlandintheLakeDistrict,theBritishpoetWilliamWordsworthisfamousforleadingtheRomanticmovementofpoetry.Wordsworthhadahappychildhooduntilhewaseightwhenhismotherdiedfollowedbyhisfatherfiveyearslaterwhichle
2、dtohimandhisbelovedyoungersisterbeingseparatedalongwithhisotherbrothers.TheWordsworthchildrenwereleftunderthecareoftwoofhisunclesandWilliamwassenttoagrammarschooltostudy.BiographyAftergraduationin1790,WilliamsetoutonawalkingjourneythroughFrancewhereheme
3、tAnnetteVallonandhadaloveaffairwhichresultedinanillegitimatedaughternamedAnneCaroline,whoisthoughttobethesubjectofWordsworth’spoemcalledVaudracourandJulia.In1795,WordsworthmetSamuelColeridgeandtogethertheytookinspirationfromNatureandcreatedmanylyricalwo
4、rksofpoetrythatleadtheromanticmovement.Notextremelysuccessfulwithsellinghispoetry,Wordsworthstruggledwithmoneyissuesthroughouthislife.In1802hemarriedMaryHutchinsonandtogethertheylivedatDoveCottage,Grasmere,CumbriawheretheycaredforWilliamsisterDorothyfor
5、abouttwentyyears.In1850onApril23,WilliamWordsworthdiedfromrespiratoryfailure.HewasburiedinSt.Oswald’sChurchyard..Wordsworth’sPoeticTheory1.Thedefinitionofpoetry:Poetryis“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranq
6、uility.”2.TheFunctionofpoetry:Poetryistogiveanunexpectedsplendortofamiliarandcommonplacethings,toincidentsandsituationsfromcommonlife.3.Thethemesofhispoetry:BeautyofnatureRurallifeHarmonybetweenhumanandnatureCharacteristicsofWordsworth’sPoetryPersonalit
7、yandpoetrydeeplyinfluencedbyWordsworth’sloveofnature,especiallythesightsandscenesoftheLakeCountry.Hewasanearnestandsincerethinker,whodisplayedadeepseriousnessattimes,balancedwithtendernessandaloveofsimplicity.Pioneerintheuseofthelanguageofordinaryspeech
8、(criticizedforthisquality,butithelpedtoridEnglishpoetryofthemoreartificialconventionsof18th-centurydiction.).Inrecentyears,however,WordsworthhasagainbeenrecognizedasagreatEnglishpoet:aprofound,originalthinkerwhocreatedanewpoetict
