English Literature / Unit 12 ENL 1120 short lesson, about 20 seconds
William Wordsworth's Life
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The idea
William Wordsworth, born in the Lake District, went to France in seventeen ninety-one, embraced the Revolution and fathered a daughter with Annette Vallon before returning alone. He settled at Grasmere with his sister Dorothy and later his wife, and became Poet Laureate.
In practice
France, return, the Lakes.
Where people slip
His radical youth gave way to conservatism.
Your place on the trail
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