William Wordsworth, a key figure of the Romantic movement, believed nature profoundly shaped human character and imagination.

AMONG the great poets Wordsworth stands out pre-eminently as the one it is most easy to — laugh at, and sometimes the most difficult not to find dull. The forced extravagance of Shakespeare at his ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, the English poet William Wordsworth was born. We are also close to the anniversary of his death, which occurred 80 years later on April 23, 1850.

Stephen Fry and Brian Cox’s sonorous tones can be heard declaiming William Wordsworth’s The World is Too Much With Us, Caroline Quentin is reading the Romantic poet’s Lines Written in Early Spring and ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, the English poet William Wordsworth was born. We are also close to the anniversary of his death, which occurred 80 years later on April 23, 1850.