Editing William Wordsworth (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[Margaret Louisa Woods]] portrayed the young Wordsworth in her novel ''A Poet's Youth'' (1923).

[[Ken Russell]]'s 1978 film ''[[William and Dorothy]]'' portrays the relationship between William and his sister Dorothy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=William and Dorothy (1978)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6847c8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104152432/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6847c8|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2018|access-date=2021-08-04|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref>

Wordsworth and Coleridge's friendship is examined by [[Julien Temple]] in his 2000 film ''Pandaemonium''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Gelder|first=Lawrence |date=2001-07-13|title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'Pandaemonium'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/13/movies/film-in-review-pandaemonium.html|access-date=2021-08-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Wordsworth has appeared as a character in works of fiction, including:
* William Kinsolving – ''Mister Christian''. 1996
* [[Jasper Fforde]] – ''The Eyre Affair''. 2001
* [[Val McDermid]] – ''The Grave Tattoo''. 2006
* [[Sue Limb]] – ''The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere''. 2008

[[Isaac Asimov]]'s 1966 [[Fantastic Voyage#Novelization|novelisation]] of the 1966 film ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]'' sees Dr. Peter Duval quoting Wordsworth's ''[[The Prelude]]'' as the miniaturised submarine sails through the cerebral fluid surrounding a human brain, comparing it to the "strange seas of thought".

[[Taylor Swift]]'s 2020 album ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' alludes to Wordsworth in her bonus track "[[The Lakes (song)|The Lakes]]", which is thought to be about the [[Lake District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/53752617|title=Taylor Swift dedicates Folklore song to the Lake District|date=August 12, 2020|website=BBC}}</ref>