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William Wordswoth ——The representative poet of the early romanticism Family background William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in a lawyer’s family at Cockermouth, Cumberland, part of the scenic region in north-west England, in the Lack District. His father was John Wordsworth, Sir James Lowthers attorney - the fifth Baronet Lowther was the most feared and hated aristocrat in all of Cumberland and Westmoreland. His mother died when he was only eight, and his father followed her six years later. Educational background With the help of his relatives, Wordsworth was sent to school at Hawkshead in the beautiful lake district in Northwestern England. He studied at Cambridge from 1787 and received his B.A. degree in 1791.He. There he associated with those young Republicans whose political enthusiasm had been roused by French Revolution. Acquainted with Beaupuy--kindled Wordsworth’s heart with a spirit of revolt against all social iniquities and a sympthy for the poor, humble folk. Joined the Geronidists Forced to return to England Two important person in his life His sister Dorothy Wordsworth regarded his sister as his confidante and inspirer, made him turn his eyes to “the face of nature” and take an interest in the peasant living in their neighborhood. She also induced him to transform his observation of the landscape into the revelation of the beauty of nature in poetry. Poem about his sister She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy Another important person Cloeridge In their partnership, Coleridge was to take up the “supernatural, or at least romantic”subjet, while Wordsworth was “to give the charm of novelty to things of every day. In 1798, they jointly published the Lyrical Ballads, marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century. Coleridge’s contribution—The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the majority of poems were written by Wo