ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. That same year he began attending St John’s College, Cambridge. He received his BA degree in 1791.

Detailed explanation-2: -Admission to St John’s Despite being admitted to a Scholarship on the basis of academic merit in his first term, Wordsworth had little enthusiasm for the mathematical curriculum offered at Cambridge, and chose to apply his time instead to general reading and the study of Italian.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1781 she enrolled in Hipperholme Boarding School. When her father died in 1783, the family’s financial situation worsened and the children were sent to live with their uncles. Wordsworth changed schools, entering Miss Medlin’s school, where she first read Milton, Shakespeare, and Homer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Young William discovered his passion for poetry while attending Hawkshead Grammar School. In 1787, he began his career as a poet with the publishing of a sonnet in The European Magazine. He visited Europe while studying at St John’s College in Cambridge.

Detailed explanation-5: -Wordsworth and Coleridge’s friendship was a steady constant during both men’s lives.