william wordworth

Biography
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born and grew up in the Lake District, the.We can conclude that the natural beauty and grandeur of this area was a major source of inspiration for Wordsworth throughout his life. In 1790, , he went morelike on a walking tour of France . With no doubt, he turned to be already sympathetic to the democratic ideals that inspired the French Revolution, which filled him with enthusiastic hope that France might lead the way to a new and more just social order. From these year until 1793, Wodrsworth was an educated man with no tiltle at all, uneasy to accept such jobs such as that related to the Church. But his desires for social change never been satisified, his dissilusion o f war (France and England had a war in 1792), and finally his walking through Europe in 1793 led him find his true vocation: poetry.
Shortly afterward in 1795 he was introduced to Samuel Taylor Coleridge and thus began The concrete result of Wordsworth’s friendship and collaboration with Coleridge was the first edition of Lyrical Ballads, published in 1798. This collection really meant a revolution in English poetic theory and practice and established the foundation of English Romanticism
As we could observe in two of his poems, the process of memory in Wordsworth’s poetry is shaped by his response to the natural world, and it is the natural world to which Wordsworth refers continously as the great source of human happiness and fulfillment. Yet we dont agree to ccall Wordsworth a "nature poet," if we mean by that a poet whose main concern lies in recording the details of nature.We think that Wordsworth is interested in nature as how it affects us humans, especially internally.
Poem # 1: Ode Intimations of Immortality
Wordworth uses a avriable meter of iambic lines of different lenghts and a variable rhyme scheme.
Meter
Wordsworth uses iambic feet throughout the poem (one unstressed syllable and the second stressed). The meter of the poem varies (For example, from dimeter to even hexameter).
Example: First stanza

.........1...............2.................3.....................4......................5
There WAS..|..a TIME..|..when MEAD..|..ow, GROVE,..|..and STREAM,
.........1................2...............3................4.
The EARTH,..|..and EV..|..ry COM..|..mon SIGHT,
.....1..............2
To ME..|..did SEEM
......1..............2.............3...............4
Ap PAR..|..elled IN..|..cel EST..|..ial LIGHT,
........1..............2.................3................4.................5
The GLOR..|..y AND..|..the FRESH..|..ness OF..|..a DREAM.
..1.............2.............3.............4..................5
It IS..|..not NOW..|..as IT..|..hath BEEN..|..of YORE;
........1....................2.............3
Turn WHERE..|..so E'ER..|..I MAY,
.......1..............2
By NIGHT..|..or DAY,
..........1...............2.................3................4................5..............6
The THINGS..|..which I..|..have SEEN..|..I NOW..|..can SEE..|..no MORE.

Rhyme
The poem uses end rhyme and internal rhyme. The pattern of the end rhyme (rhyme scheme) varies.
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, a
The earth, and every common sight, b
To me did seem a
Apparell'd in celestial light, b
The glory and the freshness of a dream. a
It is not now as it hath been of yore; c
Turn wheresoe'er I may, d
By night or day, d
The things which I have seen I now can see no more. c

First stanza: Pattern abbacddc
The rainbow comes and goes, a
And lovely is the rose; a
The moon doth with delight b Look round her when the heavens are bare; c
Waters on a starry night b
Are beautiful and fair; c
The sunshine is a glorious birth; d But yet I know, where'er I go, e
That there hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. d

Second Stanza: Pattern aabcbcded

Colegio Real de Panamá

Literature

William Wordsworth

Maria Alejandra Carles
Alberto Chacín
Alejandro Benítez Julio Guerra

Teacher Karla Rodgers

12°

II Trimester

Date: August 5, 2013