Fay, Jessica. “Rhythm and Repetition at Dove Cottage.” Philological Quarterly 97.1 (2018) 73–95.
“In the year 1845, under the influence of his Tractarian friend Frederick William Faber, William Wordsworth added a number of new poems to his sonnet series on the history of the Church in England, Ecclesiastical Sonnets. These additional poems celebrating a sequence of Anglican rites – including ‘The Marriage Ceremony,’ ‘Thanksgiving after Childbirth’ (Churching), “Visitation of the Sick,’ and the ‘Funeral Service’ – effectively marked Wordsworth as an Oxford Movement sympathizer” (p. 73).
The article offers an extended treatment of the religious views of William and Dorothy Wordsworth.
Dorothy Wordsworth 