Abstract

This paper is the introductory part of the book written in the attempt to introduce William Wordsworth to students of English language and literature two centuries after the year of the publication of Lyrical Ballads that is almost unanimously taken as as the beginning of the English Romantic revival. Wordsworth's stature as the central figure of English Romanticism and father of modern poetry has been reconsidered in this paper according to the lasting appeal of his verse. His role of poet as prophet, guide and seer has been dealt with extensively in terms of his accomplishing the great task - to write his "song of humanity."