Biography
Born April 7, 1770
Died April, 23, 1850
Major romantic poet
Child of John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson
Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland
Father taught him poetry
Transient Adolescence
Attended Hawkshead Grammar School
Made writing debut in 1787
Fell in love with Anette Vallonn
Daughter inspired poetry
Met Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Moved close to Coleridge
Produced lyrical ballads
Traveled to Germany
Struggled with depression
Worked through depression and started working on "the Prelude."
Became a member of the "Lake Poets"
Married Mary Hutchinson
Completed the Prelude
Published "Poems in Two Volumes"
Moved to Rydal Mount
Published The Excursion
Became Britain's Poet Laureate
Died of Pleurisy
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