Question

Which of these description best characterizes William Wordsworth?

• A. A lake poet
• B. A Renaissance poet
• C. A sataric poet
• D. A new classical poet

Answer 1

Answer:

A. A lake poet

William Wordsworth is best known as one of the Lake Poets, a group of Romantic poets who lived in the Lake District of England. Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, he is associated with this group and is a key figure of the Romantic movement, which emphasized nature, emotion, and individual experience.