Famous Poets of the Lake District

Being home to some of the most beautiful land in England qualifying campaign certainly inspiring Lake District. No wonder that the region has become famous for attracting dreamers and writers who became known as the Lake Poets. The term refers to a group of poets who lived in the Lake District at the turn of the nineteenth century. Although they are known collectively as part of the Romantic movement in literature, the poets of the Lake District did not follow a particular school of thought or literary style known at the time they wrote. All were simply attracted by the beauty of the lakes and surrounding hills.