An Evening Walk

by William Wordsworth

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Genres: Poetry

27 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1793

About the author

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.

Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years, which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which, it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

Reviews

[Deer ✧.* · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 ⭐️

[Illiterate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lake District picturesque. Delightful images and verse.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

As my introduction of William Wordsworth I was apprehensive due the amount of Wordsworth poems I have to read but so far I am enjoying the poetry due to the lyrical nature.