The first step to writing a poem is figuring out what you like about poetry. Is it imagery? Format? Rhyme? Start by sampling ...

TESTAMENT: Hello and welcome to the Bitesize poetry ... by William Wordsworth. We're looking at language, form, structure, theme and context – some of the things you will need to write about ...

It’s not surprising that you feel an affinity with the one-time poet laureate William Wordsworth ... the lakeside. Wordsworth Point at Glencoyne Bay, which inspired his lyric poem I Wandered ...