tintern abbey

“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”
William Wordsworth was a notable poet helped to start the English Romantic Movement with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, West Cumberland in 1770. It was this period of his life that gave the young Wordsworth an appreciation of the natural sights and sounds of his environment and encouraged his inclination toward poetry. In 1792, a friend died and left Wordsworth some money that allowed him to pursue poetry as a livelihood. He lived with his beloved sister, Dorothy, in a rent-free cottage. During this time that he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and together they began to change English literature. Wordsworth and Coleridge met on a daily basis to discuss and compose poetry. Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems was the result of their collaboration, and was published in 1798 anonymously. Wordsworth comes into his father's inheritance and marries Mary Hutchinson in 1802. In 1810, ...