FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He longed to fight.
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He felt he had abandoned his lover and their child.
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He lost his poetic inspiration.
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None of these.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth had great hopes for the Revolution, and he believed that once a republic was firmly in power in France, he and his contemporaries “should see the people having a strong hand/ In framing their own laws; whence betters day; To all mankind” (Wordsworth, Book IX, lines 517-18).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reign of Terror left Wordsworth thoroughly disillusioned with the French Revolution and the outbreak of armed hostilities between Britain and France prevented him from seeing Annette and his daughter for some years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poet William Wordsworth was plagued throughout his life by eye disease, which at times left him partially sighted and sensitive to bright lights. This was a problem that affected him throughout much of his career, with varying intensity.
Detailed explanation-4: -The motto of the Revolution was Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood, and it stood for ideas such as social justice, personal freedoms, and the idea that there were inalienable human rights, which defied class, wealth or gender. Wordsworth supported many of the ideals of the French Revolution and to do so could be dangerous.