William Wordsworth: Facts & Related Content

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Born	April 7, 1770 • Cockermouth • England
Died	April 23, 1850 (aged 80) • Westmorland • England
Title / Office	poet laureate (1843-1850)
Notable Works	“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” • “Lyrical Ballads” • “Michael” • “Ode: Intimations of Immortality” • “Peter Bell” • “The Excursion” • “The Prelude” • “The Recluse” • “The Ruined Cottage” • “The Solitary Reaper” • “The World Is Too Much with Us”
Movement / Style	Romanticism • Lake poet
Notable Family Members	sister Dorothy Wordsworth
Subjects Of Study	poetry

Wordsworth regretted his inability to fluently read modern poetic languages such as Italian and Spanish.
Wordsworth wrote a guidebook to the region of his home called, "A Guide through the District of the Lakes."
Three months after his death, Wordsworth's wife Mary published "The Prelude".