The Prelude is an autobiographical poem by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. It was written between 1798 and 1805, and first published in 1850. The poem is composed of fourteen books, each of which is devoted to a different stage of Wordsworth's life, from his childhood
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The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem is an autobiographical poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Intended as the introduction to the more philosophical poem The Recluse, which Wordsworth never finished, The Prelude is an extremely personal work and reveals many details of Wordsworth's life.