This poem is a beautiful exploration of many themes and ideas that resonate with Wordsworth’s other works. Initially inspired by Coleridge’s exhortation that Wordsworth write a work upon the French Revolution, The Prelude has ultimately become one of the finest examples of poetic autobiography ever written a fascinating examination of the self that also presents a comprehensive view of the poet’s own creative vision. The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme ‘the growth of a poet’s mind’: leading the reader back to Wordsworth’s formative moments of childhood and youth, and detailing his experiences as a radical undergraduate in France at the time of the Revolution. Makes me want to reread that epic poem sometime in the next few years.Īccording to Goodreads, “ First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth’s death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work.
I have visited Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount multiple times and seeing those locations has helped me understand Wordsworth’s deep love of the lakes. One day, I would love to live there at least for a little while. In fact, there is something special, almost magical about those lakes and I feel so much peace, happiness, and pure joy when I am there.
I’m lucky to have visited that beautiful part of England three times.
Reading this poem reminds me of everything that I love about the Lake District.
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