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When was William Wordsworth born?

AApril 7, 1765

BApril 7, 1770

CMarch 25, 1780

DMay 10, 1775

Answer:

B. April 7, 1770

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William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. He was a major English Romantic poet and is best known for his collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in publishing Lyrical Ballads (1798), which helped launch the Romantic movement in English literature.

His poetry focused on nature, emotions, and the beauty of the ordinary, reflecting his belief in the power of the natural world to inspire the human soul. Wordsworth later became Poet Laureate of Britain in 1843 and held the position until his death in 1850.


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