The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth became one of the most influential and important poets of his day as the world transitioned from the Age of Enlightenment to Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century.
A selection of his greatest works and some of his lesser-known poetry are collected in this collectible volume. Among his other best poems are "Old Man Traveling," "Lines Written in Early Spring," "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," "A Solitary Reaper," "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils")," and "To a Sky-Lark." The "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" from Wordsworth's 1800 second edition and the 1802 version's "Poetic Diction" appendix are also included.
Each poem will pique the readers' imagination and encourage them to interpret it in accordance with their own logic and level of comprehension.

Genres: Poetry

249 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 16, 2023

About the author

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.

Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years, which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which, it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

Reviews

[Matt Burgio]

I have long loved Wordsworth’s poetry, and enjoyed the poetry in this collection. I reduce a start bc the book makes no mention that a few of these poems are actually by Samuel T. Coleridge. My guess is that the collection pulls from Lyrical Ballads, written in conjunction with Coleridge without originally crediting their names, and whoever compiled this collection didn’t know/pick up on it. Still great poetry though.

[David Hollywood]

It is not always possible to reach levels of excellence and remain there throughout, and that is my experience with this collection. It does contain lots of beautiful poetry mixed together with lesser accomplishments, but that is fine, because when you find a jewel among them then everything is worthwhile, and while searching for those special lines you will never be let down by the quality of the rest.