Poet hailed as Lake District's first 'influencer'
Beloved Romantic poet William Wordsworth was the first "influencer" to champion the Lake District and call for its ...
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Extract from the Prelude by William Wordsworth - Eduqas
In this episode we're comparing 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen and an extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. We're looking at language, form, structure, theme and context – some of the ...
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Climbing with Dorothy: the Wordsworth who put mountaineering on the map
Wordsworth is best known as the poet William Wordsworth’s sister. The siblings lived together for most of their lives, and Dorothy was an important influence over William’s verse. But she was also an ...
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William Wordsworth
A white marble life size figure of poet William Wordsworth is now placed next to Shakespeare's memorial and below the bust of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The figure is ...
UK government vows to clean up Lake Windemere after beauty spot clogged with sewage
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government pledged Monday to clean up Lake Windermere, a sewage-clogged beauty spot that has come to symbolize the filthy state of Britain’s waterways. Environment Secretary ...