William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was born in...

• the English Lake District

• London

• Cambridge

• Grasmere

What was the name of Wordsworth's collaboration with Coleridge?

• "Lines Composed above Tintern Abbey"

• Lyrical Ballads

• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

• Myth of Nature

Which of the following characterize Wordsworth's poetry?

• Love of materialism

• Love of capitalism

• Love of nature

• Love of independence

Who said that Wordsworth "communicated interest and dignity to the primal movements of the heart of man"?

• His friend, Samuel Coleridge

• William Hazlitt, writer of The Spirit of the Age

• His lover, Annette Vallon

• His sister, Dorothy Wordsworth

Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843-50; said poems "are to be considered experiments"

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

• Andrew Marvell

In which poem does the poet describe the beauty of London in the early morning hours?

• The Leech Gatherer

• Composed upon Westminster Bridge

• The Thorn

• The Idiot Boy

In which year was William Wordsworth born?

• 1774

• 1776

• 1772

• 1770

Which poem illustrates Wordsworth's theory of poetic composition through the experience of observing daffodils?

• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

• The Rainbow

• The Tables Turned

• Ode to Duty

Which famous poem did Wordsworth write after visiting Tintern Abbey?

• Daffodils

• The Prelude

• The Excursion

• Lucy Gray

Which of the following is a common characteristic of Wordsworth's poetry?

• Emphasis on technology and industrialization

• Focus on urban landscapes and city life

• Exploration of supernatural and mystical themes

• Focus on nature and the beauty of the natural world