The Penguin Podcast is back! Listen Now
Wordsworth Poems

Wordsworth Poems

Summary

In the long history of English literature William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the writer who achieved the most dramatic transformations of the poetic scene almost singlehanded. A leading figure among the Romantic generation which included Coleridge and Scott, he created out of his personal communion with nature a new poetic which had a profound moral and spiritual influence on the entire nineteenth century. The present selection includes all his famous lyrics and substantial extracts from narrative poems including The Prelude.

About the author

William Wordsworth

Learn More

Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter

For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more