Anna R :)
2011-05-04 06:02:10 UTC
In 1799 William and Dorothy settled in the Lake District and in 1802 William married a childhood friend, Mary Hutchinson, who bore him five children. In the following years Wordsworth wrote some of his best poems, which were published in two volumes in 1807. In 1805 he finished his masterpiece The Prelude, a long autobiographical poem in 14 books, subtitled Growth of a Poet’s Mind, which was published only after his death. His reputation as a poet grew steadily and, in 1843, he was made Poet Laureate. The last years of his life were marked Poet Laureate. The last years of his life were marked by the growing conservatism of his political views and the decline of his creative powers. However, he continued to write poems until his death, in 1850, at the age of eighty.