Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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Page 44
... describes , in dramatic terms , ' the jaws of Borrowdale ' and the Lodore Falls . That for 8 October - singled out by Wordsworth - describes his journey from Keswick to Grasmere . - Oct. 3. A heavenly day ; rose at seven , and walked ...
... describes , in dramatic terms , ' the jaws of Borrowdale ' and the Lodore Falls . That for 8 October - singled out by Wordsworth - describes his journey from Keswick to Grasmere . - Oct. 3. A heavenly day ; rose at seven , and walked ...
Page 160
... describes as ' a poem betokening both the power and the disorder of his faculties ' . It is certainly resistant to easy interpretation thanks in large part to its author's so - called theo- sophical theories . It describes , in ...
... describes as ' a poem betokening both the power and the disorder of his faculties ' . It is certainly resistant to easy interpretation thanks in large part to its author's so - called theo- sophical theories . It describes , in ...
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... describes the career of her husband , Colonel John Hutchinson , a trusted colleague of Cromwell alongside whom he fought in the Civil War , and with whom he signed the death warrant of Charles I. After the Restoration he was imprisoned ...
... describes the career of her husband , Colonel John Hutchinson , a trusted colleague of Cromwell alongside whom he fought in the Civil War , and with whom he signed the death warrant of Charles I. After the Restoration he was imprisoned ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Elizabeth Carter Ode to Spring 1756 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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