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Where was William Wordsworth born?
Where was William Wordsworth born?
- Cumbria (correct)
- Lake District
- Dove Cottage
- London
What is one of Wordsworth's most famous statements?
What is one of Wordsworth's most famous statements?
- 'poetry is the language of the soul'
- 'the child is father of the man' (correct)
- 'the individual shapes the world'
- 'nature is the source of all inspiration'
Which collection heralded the arrival of English Romanticism in poetry?
Which collection heralded the arrival of English Romanticism in poetry?
- Dove Cottage Poems
- Lyrical Ballads (correct)
- The Prelude
- The Lake Poets
Where did Wordsworth live for many years?
Where did Wordsworth live for many years?
Who did Wordsworth collaborate with on Lyrical Ballads (1798)?
Who did Wordsworth collaborate with on Lyrical Ballads (1798)?
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William Wordsworth's Life and Works
- William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland.
- One of Wordsworth's most famous statements is "I wandered lonely as a cloud," which is a line from his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
- The collection Lyrical Ballads (1798) heralded the arrival of English Romanticism in poetry.
- Wordsworth lived in the Lake District for many years.
- Wordsworth collaborated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads (1798).
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