tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301853376184312607.post1559278171857463790..comments2024-03-24T11:57:41.808-07:00Comments on with freedom, books, flowers, & the moon ... : William Wordsworth: Selected PoemsRuth @ with freedom and bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301853376184312607.post-7538248084803636872023-01-05T08:09:10.303-08:002023-01-05T08:09:10.303-08:00Hi, Viola. Thank you for your insight. I think reb...Hi, Viola. Thank you for your insight. I think rebelliousness is probably true. It would be a helpful idea to read a biography about his life and times, I think, when I decide to return to his poetry. <br />Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301853376184312607.post-56145640221634035682023-01-04T19:10:07.547-08:002023-01-04T19:10:07.547-08:00I think that Wordsworth was being rebellious and h...I think that Wordsworth was being rebellious and he was attracted to these wrong ideas (which are very much back in fashion, unfortunately) because of the lead up to the French Revolution. I think that he was horrified by all the bloodshed later, but I could be thinking of someone else. He was also attracted to Napoleon’s ideas, if I recall correctly.Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.com