The Poetry of William Wordsworth

by William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth is one of the most respected and loved poets of the Romantic period. Through his poetry, he expressed his emotions, fears and vulnerabilities, using nature as his muse. His timeless poems continue to inspire and encourage readers today. With this collection, Arcturus Publishing continues the release of works from renowned and prominent authors and poets. This collection displays some of his most notable poems, including 'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey,' ' Intimations on Immortality,' and 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge.'

Genres: Poetry, Classics

256 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2019

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

[claud]

really great collection of nature poems. i read it needing to get out of a writing funk and i think (hope) it did what it needed to do !!

[Nick Mclean]

A great selection of the work of one of the greatest and most transformative Romantic poets. Most of his best known poems are here, along with a few with which I was unfamiliar. Such a pleasant read.

[Marjorie]

“I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”

I want to grow as a poetry reader, and Wordsworth seemed like a good place to start.

[Paige Stephens]

4 stars

This took me over a year to get through since I tended to forget about it for months on end. I loved the nature writing -- particularly descriptions of forests and streams and the changes between day and night. I wasn't as huge of a fan of the poems that told stories. One of my favorite poems ever, "Lines Written in Early Spring" is in this collection. I also enjoyed "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," "On Nature's Invitation Do I Come," "The Green Linnet," "I wandered lonely as a cloud," and "Scorn not the sonnet."

[Heather]

An enjoyable collection of English poems by William Wordsworth who clearly loved our beautiful, lush green land (including one of my all-time favourite poems 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'). I especially loved his poetry about the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District because I'm heading to those places soon to do some hiking and some of the places he writes about are on my itinerary to see!

I'm giving this 4* simply because I didn't care for his (seemingly random) poems about war and revolution thrown into this collection.

[Stasia]

I'm working through a course in English literature, and there's quite a bit of poetry in the course. And I'm ashamed to confess, I'm not much of a poetry reader anymore, though I remember enjoying it in high school. I feel like I'm seeing it through fresh eyes now (probably all the dissecting of passages). I enjoyed getting to know this 'founding father of English poetry'. There are several passages that I plan to copy out in my traveler's journal just because I enjoyed them so much!

[Hannah Gray]

“Thus pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find
Thus a rich loving-kindness, redundantly kind,
Moves all nature to gladness and mirth”

Finishing this little book was a lovely reintroduction to the world of poetry.

[Chelsea Roles]

'Three years she grew in sun and shower,
Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower
On earth was never sown;
This Child I to myself will take;
She shall be mine, and I will make
A lady of my own.'

[Alice]

A few delightful poems, however overall not really my thing.

[Eleanor]

not dnfing this for good i'll come back in the new year i just want a clean currently reading shelf for the new year rip

[Ashton Harat]

A collection of fascinating and charming poetry.

[Kenneth Bennion]

Wordsworth is great, just couldn't keep up my endurance to finish. They all started sounding the same after awhile, like landscapes in the Louvre.

[Anne]

“Therefore am I still
A lover of the meadows and the woods,
And mountains; and of all that we behold”

beautiful poems!
Listened to "The Lakes" while reading it to set the scene <3

[Kyra]

I have a soft spot for Romantic poetry. It is by far my favorite type.

[Hayley]

2.5 stars.

Wordsworth writes nature poetry which is nice but they just did not do a lot for me. I liked 6 out of over a 100!

[Genevieve]

It’s everything that you’d expect and more