Question

Which of the following is Wordsworth's autobiographical poem?

• A. Ode: Intimations of Immortality
• B. The Prelude
• C. The Excursion
• D. Peter Bell

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The Prelude

"The Prelude" is William Wordsworth’s major autobiographical poem, often considered his spiritual and poetic autobiography.

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Key Features of The Prelude:

• Traces Wordsworth's growth of a poet's mind

• Reflects on his childhood, education, travels, and experiences, especially with nature and the French Revolution

• Written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)

• It was not published during his lifetime — published posthumously in 1850 by his wife Mary