The Church of St Mary's Conwy was "built around 1190 for the monks of Aberconwy Abbey. The princes of Gwynedd favoured Aberconwy, and many early medieval princes were buried here" (Ross). Wordworth would end up visiting this church inspiring him to write the poem "We are Seven". When Wordsworths poem came out, it was very influencial at the time and many "romantics were fascinated by the idea of children embodying creativity and innocence" (Poetry by Heart). The Church of St Mary's Conwy influenced Wordsworth so much that he included the location in his poem.

A full description can be found here: www.britainexpress.com/attract…...'s%20was%20built%20around,medieval%20princes%20were%20buried%20here.

Bibliography

“Conwy, St Mary's and All Saints Church - History, Travel, and Accommodation Information.” Edited by David Ross, Britain Express, www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=560.

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Ten years before William Wordsworth was born (and eight years before Coleridge), England experienced the Industrial Revolution. As the population in Europe grew, the need for more food and supplies also grew. For years, common folk had tended to fields and livestock for those in wealthier classes such as merchants and nobles. This gave way to a gradually more mechanized form of farming, selective breeding and open-field farming, all of which yielded more food and supplies for communities of the time. It also brought about moral dilemmas such as treatment of animals that were born en masse for slaughter to eat, outmoding of skills that had kept generations alive for years and a generalized shake up of the known world and its possibilities (think the steam locomotive soon after, and then electricity and mass production. It was a confusing time for people who were not all that educated and willing to cope with change to begin with.

Chen, James. How the Industrial Revolution Changed Business and Society. 29 July 2020, www.investopedia.com/terms/i/industrial-revolution.asp.

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William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1779 Cockermouth which is the northwestern English contry of Cumberland. He is the second of 5 children of John and Ann Wordsworth. 

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a major poet in the Romantic period who focused his writings on what he was truly passionate about, religion and philosophy. The highest point in Coleridge's life was when he published Lyrical Ballads with his good friend William Wordsworth. Those few years allowed him to grow and really excell in his writing of poetry. After that, Samuel's life went downhill and his health degraded. Before he died on July 25, 1834, he left several unfinished works behind which were eventually found and edited by other scholars. 

Bibliography

"Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography, www.notablebiographies.com/Co-…Taylor.html

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Romantic poet William Wordsworth turned 80 on 7 April 1850. He caught a cold on a country walk that year, and after a short illness, he died at home at Rydal Mount of pleurisy on 23 April 1850. His funeral was held on 27 April 1850 in St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere, and he was buried in the graveyard near the yew trees he had planted. 

Although Wordsworth had been the Poet Laureate of England since 1843, he was no longer writing new verse. As Samantha Matthews notes, when Wordsworth died, most contemporary newspapers and periodicals made little of the event (35). Yet, the public who had long revered Wordsworth in life turned in grave into a "shrine for actual and imagined pilgrimage" (35). 

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Bibliography

Matthews, Samantha. "Wordsworth's Mortal Remains." The Wordsworth Circle, vol. 34, no. 1, 2003, pp. 35-39, doi:10.1086/TWC24044918.

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