Episodios

  • 57. William Wordsworth's "Glad sight wherever new with old"

    57. William Wordsworth's "Glad sight wherever new with old"
    Oct 27 2022

    At eight lines, this is one of Wordsworth’s shortest poems.
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    1 m
  • 56. William Wordsworth's "Composed at Cora Linn in Sight of Wallace’s Tower"

    56. William Wordsworth's "Composed at Cora Linn in Sight of Wallace’s Tower"
    Oct 26 2022

    This poem was likely written in 1814 during Wordsworth’s trip to Scotland with his wife and sister-in-law.
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    4 m
  • 55. William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

    55. William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
    Oct 24 2022

    This irregular Pindaric ode was published in 1807. It employs three movements to consider death, loss of the sense of the divine, and hope that memory of the same will make men more sympathetic.
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    12 m
  • 54. William Wordsworth's “To Thomas Clarkson. On the Final Passing of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. March, 1807”

    54. William Wordsworth's “To Thomas Clarkson. On the Final Passing of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. March, 1807”
    Oct 24 2022

    The subject of this poem, Thomas Clarkson, devoted his life from 1785 until 1807 and beyond in his quest to abolish slavery in the British Empire and around the world.
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    2 m
  • 53. William Wordsworth's “Tribute to the Memory of the Same Dog”

    53. William Wordsworth's “Tribute to the Memory of the Same Dog”
    Oct 23 2022

    Like “Incident characteristic of a Favourite Dog, which belonged to a Friend of the Author,” this poem was also published in 1807.
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    4 m
  • 52. William Wordsworth's “Incident, Characteristic of a favourite Dog, which belonged to a Friend of the Author”

    52. William Wordsworth's “Incident, Characteristic of a favourite Dog, which belonged to a Friend of the Author”
    Oct 22 2022

    This poem was entitled “Incident characteristic of a Favourite Dog” prior to its publication in 1807, where it received the lengthened title that it maintains today.
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    3 m
  • 51. William Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

    51. William Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
    Oct 21 2022

    Originally composed in 1804, this poem was revised and then finally published in 1815. It ties together themes of memory, imagination, and nature.
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    2 m
  • 50. William Wordsworth's "To a Highland Girl"

    50. William Wordsworth's "To a Highland Girl"
    Oct 20 2022

    This poem was composed shortly after William Wordsworth toured Scotland in 1803.
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    5 m