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has a flash back of his early life. When he comes to he is at the donkey’s master’s house.

Peter is questioned for the death of the master. A preacher grabs Peter and tries to get him to

tell the truth. After a short time Peter can not take anymore and he becomes a good and

honest man (Twayne’s Author Series 21).

Another poem that was written by Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads is “Goody Blake

and Harry Gill”. This poem is about an older lady, Goody Blake, who lives alone. In this

poem Goody gets her fire wood from her neighbors hedges. One night Harry Gill, Goody’s

neighbor, catches her trespassing on his property. Harry catches her and then threatens her.

Goody Blake gets on her knees and starts to pray. She prays that God put a curse on Harry.

The curse is that he will never be warm again (Twayne’s Author Series 22). Harry Gill puts

on as many clothes as possible, but he never will be warm again (Twayne’s Author Series 23).

Wordsworth also wrote a poem about one of his neighbors, “Simon Lee”. In this

poem Simon Lee, at an early age, was the fastest person in town. There was not a person

anywhere that could catch him. Later in life he is living in poverty and bad health. Simon is

along the streets, in his later years, trying to cut a root. He can barely raise the ax. A man

sees him and offers to help. He takes the ax and with one swing he breaks the root in half.

Simon Lee is so grateful that he cries to the man.

In 1850, shortly after Wordsworth’s death, his greatest work was published. His most

famous work was titled The Prelude. The Prelude is a long poem that describes

Wordsworth’s life (Wordsworth, William 3). It did not tell the story of Wordsworth’s entire

life, just from early childhood through adolescence (Twayne’s British Authors 2). This poem

was thirteen books long when it was first finished in 1805 (Twayne’s British Authors 2).

Over the next forty-five years Wordsworth improved the poem. When it was finally

published Wordsworth had lengthened it to fourteen books (Wordsworth, William 3). When

Wordsworth died he had not titled the poem. His wife felt that The Prelude was an

appropriate title for it, so she is given credit for the title (Twayne’s British Authors 2).

In book two Wordsworth is between the ages of thirteen and seventeen. In this book

Wordsworth is slowly learning about the quality of nature. He realizes what nature has to

offer and what more it has to give. Wordsworth describes how these things were slowly

being revealed. In this book Wordsworth’s love for nature is first seen.

Book three of The Prelude is describing Wordsworth’s first year at college. When he

first arrived he was happy to be there. It did not take long for him to have a change of heart.

Wordsworth did not have any desire to learn. He thought he was just wasting his time. This

book describes how Wordsworth felt about learning (Twayne’s British Authors 3).

In book four Wordsworth writes about his first summer vacation. He is happy to be

back at his home in Hawshead. Wordsworth describes how he went back to his old way of

living before college. He describes how he could take his daily walks through nature. This

book describes a more joyous time of his life (Twayne’s British Authors 4).

In book five Wordsworth remembers a dream a friend had told him. The dream is

about a man who is alone in the desert. Then suddenly an Arab appears carrying a rock and

a shell (Barna, Mark Richard). The rock and the shell represent books. One book tells of the

destruction of the earth. The Arab hurries to bury the books before the end of the earth

comes. He is last seen drowning. This dream makes Wordsworth realize the freedom he

had with books as a young child (Twayne’s British Authors 4).

Book six of The Prelude is about his second and third years at college. Wordsworth

still did not care for college itself. His favorite time was during his summer vacations. Book

six describes a time in his life when he was extremely happy.

In book seven Wordsworth has graduated from college. In this book Wordsworth

describes how he walks the streets admiring objects that he had never noticed. In this book

Wordsworth is learning to enjoy his surroundings (Twayne’s British Authors 5).

In book eight Wordsworth describes how he came to love nature and mankind. He

learned to love nature at an early age. Wordsworth watched shepherds in the mountains with

their sheep. He noticed how beautiful nature was and how much it had to offer. Through

this he learned to love mankind (Twayne’s British Authors 5 – 6).

Book nine begins with Wordsworth traveling to France. He wanted to learn the

language. Wordsworth met Michel Beaupey, who taught him many things about France

(Twayne’s British Authors 6).

In book ten Wordsworth makes it back home from France. Shortly after arriving

England declares war on France. In book ten Wordsworth is under a lot of stress (Twayne’s

British Authors 6 – 7).

In book eleven of the final version as Wordsworth is still describing his feelings for

the war. Wordsworth feels that England has let him down by declaring war on France. He

has confidence in France that they will settle the dispute. Wordsworth ends this book by

writing a letter to Coleridge wishing him well (Twayne’s British Authors 7).

In book twelve Wordsworth writes about a

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