"London, 1802" by William Wordsworth is a sonnet in which the poet examines what he perceives as the moral decline of England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He turns to his literary predecessor John Milton as a moral guide, petitioning the late poet to return to England and instill its citizens with a renewed sense of virtue and goodness. The poem addresses major themes such as moral idealism and the loss of paradise.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), an early leader of romanticism in English poetry, ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature.William Wordsworth was born in Cookermou...
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Although William Wordsworth is now regarded as the central poet of his age, during his lifetime Byron or Scott, and later Tennyson, received more popular acclaim. Even readers in the nineteenth centur...
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Discussing prose written by poets, Joseph Brodsky has remarked, "the tradition of dividing literature into poetry and prose dates from the beginnings of prose, since it was only in prose that such a d...
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Biography EssayAlthough William Wordsworth is now regarded as the central poet of his age, during his lifetime Byron or Scott, and later Tennyson, received more popular acclaim. Even readers in the ni...
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth