ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -His masterpiece is commonly considered to be The Prelude (1850), a long verse-autobiography that includes Wordsworth’s journey through revolutionary France in 1791, ‘Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven!’ He abandoned his early republicanism and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1843.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1843 Wordsworth was named poet laureate of England, though by this time he had for the most part quit composing verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Southey (/ˈsaʊði/ or /ˈsʌði/; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wordsworth was Laureate for only seven out of his eighty years, and by the time he accepted the post, his best work was done: Lyrical Ballads (1798), Prelude (1805; published 1850), and Poems (1807). He was well equipped to make a great laureate.

Detailed explanation-5: -John Dryden was the first official Poet Laureate until 1689, when he was obliged to resign. His successors were Thomas Shadwell and Nahum Tate.