We Are Seven Resources

Websites

William Wordsworth: A Very Intellectual Bio

Check out this great resource by our pals at the Poetry Foundation.

Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads

This preface helped to define how we think about poetry today.

Video

Kids Playing Kids

Here's a cute video interpretation of the poem

Literary Gladiators

Goofy? Insightful? We'd say a bit of both…

Wordsworth, the Documentary

Get started here with Part 1 of a video exploration of his life.

Audio

"We Are Seven"

Here's one dramatic reading.

Deep and Rich

Tom O'Bedlam has the voice for this kind of stuff.

Images

Young Wordsworth

We love your bangs, William!

Old Wordsworth

William in his later years (sadly, sans bangs).

Articles and Interviews

Seamus Heaney on Wordsworth

Here's one of our favorite poets writing about another of our favorite poets—score.

Books

Lyrical Ballads

This has pals Wordsworth and Coleridge at their best.

William Wordsworth: A Life

Check out the definitive bio by Stephen Gill.

The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge

W.W. + S.C. = BFF's.

Movies & TV

"The Romantics"

Dig this BBC Miniseries on our favorite Romantic poets