• The required answer is - Autobiographical epic poem

• The Prelude:

• Full title: The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind.

• Considered an autobiographical poem by William Wordsworth.

• Written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter).

• Composition began in 1798 and published posthumously in 1850.

• Organized into 14 sections or books.

• Explores Wordsworth’s personal growth, experiences, and reflections on nature, society, and poetry.

• William Wordsworth:

• Born April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.

• Inspired by the French Revolution, which influenced his early poetry.

• Co-published Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, marking the beginning of the English Romantic period.

• Known as the Father of the Romantic Age and often called a Lake Poet due to his association with the Lake District.

• Appointed Poet Laureate in 1843.

• Notable Works:

• Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

• Lyrical Ballads

• Michael

• Ode: Intimations of Immortality

• Peter Bell

• The Excursion

• The Prelude

• The Recluse

• The Ruined Cottage

• The Solitary Reaper

• Lucy Poems

• Titles/epithets:

• Poet of Nature

• Poet of Childhood

• Lake Poet