A Pocket Poet Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the great English poets and a leader of the romantic movement, becoming Poet Laureate in 1842. His poetry was deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the landscape of the Lake District, where he spent most of his mature life.Patricia Machin has selected nineteen of his poems, including "I wandered Lonely as a Cloud", "Ode - Intimations of Immortality", "She was a Phantom", and many more, interpreting them with her beautiful paintings. Each poem is introduced with useful information and background notes.

Genres: Poetry

47 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

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

[Colin]

The illustrations were nice

[Gina House]

3.5⭐️ A lovely, tiny book filled with beautiful illustrations and a collection of Wordsworth’s heartfelt nature poetry. Sadly, the type is so small that it was very hard to read, but I did enjoy this little sampler of his works. My favorite poem included is, ‘The Green Linnet”.