William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, West Cumberland, located in the northern part of England’s Lake District. This area of England is famous for its splendid array of natural landscape. After losing his mother when he was just eight years old, Wordsworth was sent to live with Ann Tyson, who allowed Wordsworth to freely roam the beautiful countryside near Esthwaite Lake. The freedom Ann Tyson gave young Wordsworth allowed him to experience …showed first 75 words of 166 total…

…showed last 75 words of 166 total…says in his essay on Wordsworth, “It is Wordsworth’s relationship with nature that regards him as one of the most important poets of the Romantic period, allowing him to create great poetry because of the extraordinary power in which he feels joy is offered in nature…and because of the power in which he shows us this joy and renders it” (Encarta Encyclopedia online criticism). In 1798, the fist edition of Lyrical Ballads was published.