William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
A romantic poet of england who focussed more on nature , children and layman in his poems.
Along with coleridge he brought in the romantic era in english poetry.He developed his love for nature from her sister Dorothy to whom he was very closely bonded.Being raised up in a place called Lake district , he was attracted towards nature.Wordsworth's main works were done between 1797 and 1808.Later he moved on to works having a bend towards autobiographical touch.
"Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science." (from Lyrical Ballads, 2nd ed., 1800)

His definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings arising from emotion recollected in tranquillity" was shared by a number of his followers.