I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth（1770-1850）
I. His Life
1770 — born in Cumberland, now called Wordsworth House
1779 - 1787 — attended the Grammar School
1787-1791 — studied at St John's College, Cambridge
1790 — visited revolutionary France and supported
1793 —published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches
1795 — met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset.
1797 — moved to Somerset with his sister Dorothy
1798 — produced Lyrical Ballads together with Coleridge
1799 —moved to Grasmere in the Lake District, with fellow poet Robert Southey（1774-1843 nearby. Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge came to be known as “Lake Poets” （“湖畔派”诗人）.
1804 — decay of Both Coleridge's health and his relationship to Wordsworth mid-1810s — decline in his works
1813 — moved to Rydal Mount where he spent the rest of his life.
1847 — his production of poetry came to a standstill.
1850 — William Wordsworth died in Rydal Mount.
William Wordsworth wrote some 70,000 lines of verse, 40,000 lines more than any other poet.
II. His Reputation one of the most accomplished and influential of England's romantic poets the leading figure of the English romantic poetry Literary Giant England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850 often viewed as a “nature poet”
III. His principles of poetry In the Preface to the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth says: “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” （好诗是强烈感情的自然流溢，它来自宁静的回忆）。 “What is a poet?” “He is a man speaking to men; a man…endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, an man who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and more comprehensive soul…”
IV. Wordsworth’s concept of nature 1) Nature refreshes one’s soul and fill one with happiness. 自然美景能净化人的心灵，能给人愉悦。 2)
William Wordsworth（1770-1850）
I. His Life
1770 — born in Cumberland, now called Wordsworth House
1779 - 1787 — attended the Grammar School
1787-1791 — studied at St John's College, Cambridge
1790 — visited revolutionary France and supported
1793 —published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches
1795 — met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset.
1797 — moved to Somerset with his sister Dorothy
1798 — produced Lyrical Ballads together with Coleridge
1799 —moved to Grasmere in the Lake District, with fellow poet Robert Southey（1774-1843 nearby. Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge came to be known as “Lake Poets” （“湖畔派”诗人）.
1804 — decay of Both Coleridge's health and his relationship to Wordsworth mid-1810s — decline in his works
1813 — moved to Rydal Mount where he spent the rest of his life.
1847 — his production of poetry came to a standstill.
1850 — William Wordsworth died in Rydal Mount.
William Wordsworth wrote some 70,000 lines of verse, 40,000 lines more than any other poet.
II. His Reputation one of the most accomplished and influential of England's romantic poets the leading figure of the English romantic poetry Literary Giant England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850 often viewed as a “nature poet”
III. His principles of poetry In the Preface to the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth says: “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” （好诗是强烈感情的自然流溢，它来自宁静的回忆）。 “What is a poet?” “He is a man speaking to men; a man…endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, an man who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and more comprehensive soul…”
IV. Wordsworth’s concept of nature 1) Nature refreshes one’s soul and fill one with happiness. 自然美景能净化人的心灵，能给人愉悦。 2)