Literature

Reading Time: 2 minutes Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, composed by William Wordsworth for the second edition published in 1800 of the poetry collection Lyrical Ballads wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. William Wordsworth usually expressed himself through his poetry, and this collection single-handedly helped launch the Romantic movement in England. Related Post: The 10 BEST William Wordsworth Poems The […]

Reading Time: 10 minutes William Wordsworth Poems: It is difficult to narrow down to just a few favorite poems by Wordsworth, who is one of the most influential English Romantic poets. Wordsworth had a deep relationship with nature and understood the importance of taking time to appreciate the beauty of the natural world. He brought a unique poetry to

Reading Time: 4 minutes I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (also commonly known as “Daffodils”) is one of the most popular lyric poems by William Wordsworth. A classic of the Romantic Movement in the early 19th century, the poem is Wordsworth’s best-known work for its celebration of the beauty of nature and its ability to bring joy and happiness in

Reading Time: 3 minutes “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” is the phrase that begins the most famous monologue from William Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It ( Act II, Scene VII, Line 139), The Seven Ages of Man, spoken by the melancholy Jaques. The speech compares the world to a stage