Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
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Potentially Useful Article on Ebsco Host: "Dorothy Wordsworth: The Grounds
of Writing"
Homework Questions:
539:
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Describe the relationship between Dorothy and William Wordsworth.
Grasmere Journals:
552:
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What impression does Dorothy's journal offer of the economic conditions
at the time?
552-54:
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Describe Dorothy's emotional response to the different poor people she
describes in these entries.
554:
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Explain Dorothy's description of the mailman: "He seems mechanized to
labour" (554).
William Wordsworth
"Resolution and Independence"
521:
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Explain lines 32-35.
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Explain lines 47-49.
522:
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Compare lines 73-77 with Dorothy's entry on page 552.
524:
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Explain the concluding couplet.
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
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526:
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What is "that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solitude" (15-16)?
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How does the imagery found in this poem compare with that found in Dorothy's
journal entry for April 15, 1802 (555)?
Other Discussion Questions:
Dorothy Wordsworth:
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Why is she so detailed in her descriptions?
William Wordsworth:
"Resolution and Independence"
523:
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
526:
What are the central subject and theme of this poem?