"We Journeyed Side by Side"

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This paper describes the relationship between Dorothy Wordsworth and her famous brother William. It shows how Dorothy played the woman's role of nurturing and supporting the poetic genius of her brother with whom she shared a mutually intimate and dependent relationship. It outlines her entire life from being orphaned to debilitating senility and includes her friendship with Coleridge. Critical analysis from numerous scholarly sources is included to reveal the extent to which Dorothy acted as William's poetic and spiritual inspiration and alter ego.

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"William Wordsworth was the famous Romantic poet. His sister Dorothy was his quiet strength, support and inspiration. Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) devoted her life to her brother (1770-1850). Intimate friends and close confidants, they shared an immense mutual dependence and were of extreme significance and value to each other. As William put it in his poem, "The Recluse," as quoted in the title above, brother and sister journeyed not only to Grasmere, but through all of life, "side by side," blown by the winds of life, "like two birds, companions in mid-air,/Parted and reunited by the blast (Clark 28)."

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