Question

William Wordsworth is widely regarded as a pioneer of which literary movement?

• A. Romantic Movement
• B. Modernist Movement
• C. Realist Movement
• D. Postmodern Movement

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Romantic Movement

William Wordsworth

• He was born in 1770 and died in 1850

• Wordsworth is known for his work in Lyrical Ballads, which he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798.

• This book is considered to have marked the beginning of the Romantic movement in English poetry.

• Wordsworth's work celebrated the common man and nature. He was also concerned with the human relationship to nature.

• Wordsworth was also the Poet Laureate of England from 1843 until his death in 1850.