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William Wordsworth

Born: 7 April 1770, in England


Died: 23 April 1850
Occupation: poet
Literary: Romanticism
Notable works: The Lyrical Ballads, in two volumes
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud ,
Where / when was the first time that British Romanticism
appeared?
It was first published in the lyrical ballads (1798) and
generally considered as the beginning of the British
Romanticism as a literary movement
?"What is "Romanticism
Romanticism is the reaction against the neoclassical ideals
and the realization of the emotional and imaginative
aspects of life
The primary concepts explored during the Romantic
Period included nature, emotion, symbols, and ideas
about the self
… Industrial Revolution and its effect on romanticism

The social condition of England had changed greatly


as a consequence of the industrial revolution and it
was shapely divided into hostile factions of rich and
poor
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

As an example of Wordsworth's romanticism, I


Wondered Lonely as a Cloud is a clear and strong
one to understand the romanticism style as it can be
:seen at the title of the poem
The Romantic lyric is )I wandered lonely as a cloud(
an expression of the poet's own inner feelings and
emotions. Wordsworth has recorded
in his lyric his joy on seeing the nature
Poems (1807)
More flowers, trees and emotion .In this second collection
of the poetry, Wordsworth develops the romantic project
of bringing man/woman back to nature, forcing on the
individual and making poetry accessible to all

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