Bartleby has the complete poetic works of Wordsworth here.
1. With your partner, browse the collection or search for particular keywords and read a few Wordsworth poems (some are very long, so feel free to pick an excerpt).
2. Find a poem where Wordsworth discusses nature to give insight into a social or political issue.
3. Together, write a brief summary describing the issue and how Wordsworth's treatment of nature illuminates his position.
4. For the second part of your written assignment, imagine you are political bloggers responding to Wordsworth's poem. Do you agree with his statements? Why or why not? Does he effectively persuade readers to his side? Write a 2-3 paragraph blog response. You can be either serious or humorous and agree or disagree.
Some sample political commentaries from across the spectrum:
Ann Coulter
Jim Hightower
Bill O'Reilly
Ted Rall
Wonkette
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