1. ‘To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through me ran’
These lines speak about man’s vital relationship with nature. Discuss and write a short appreciation of the poem.
The connection of human being with nature is very clearly seen in Wordsworth’s poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’. Wordsworth personifies nature, giving her the ability to make decisions to link herself with the human soul and to experience pleasure. Nature, in this poem, does everything right. Nature is presented as the doer of right things. The poem has a simple form. It is composed of six stanzas, each consisting of four lines.
2. Here is a beautiful nature poem written by John Clare. Comment on it.
A Nature poem
All nature has a feeling: Woods, fields, brooks
Are life eternal: and in silence they
Speak happiness beyond the reach of books.
There is nothing mortal in them; they decay
Is the green life of change; to pass away
And come again in blooms revivified
Its birth was heaven, eternal is its stay,
And with the sun and moon shall still abide
Beneath their day and night and heaven wide.
- John Clare
Comment:
It seems that great poets think alike. John Clare, as William Wordsworth, is certainly a lover of nature. He says everything in nature has feeling. Nature’s holy plan is happiness and perfection. John Clare emphasises it in his poem. Things in nature which are inanimate to us, common people, are animate to Clare. He says that all the things in nature live
for ever. Of course, they decay, but are born again in another form of life. They live for ever and ever.
3. Prepare an appreciation of the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ by William Wordsworth.
The poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ celebrates the relation between man and nature, written by the most celebrated poet of nature William Wordsworth. The poet rejoices in the sights and sounds of nature and at the same time laments on what man has made of man. The poet once sits in a grove in a very calm and relaxed mood. He hears lots of various sounds and songs. He finds solace and becomes much pleased in the songs of birds and music of the woods. At the same time, some woeful thoughts come into his mind, and he becomes pensive. He sees the primrose and periwinkle make wreaths in the bower there. He believes that every flower enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around him express their thrill of pleasure by hopping and playing in the grove. He also notices the budding twigs spread out their tender leaves to catch the breezy air. In short, the poet sees thrilling sights, hears pleasant songs in everything he looks at in the grove, and he experiences the utmost pleasure of the world of nature. But when he thinks of the human world, he becomes sad. What man has done to mankind as well as to nature makes him uneasy and unpleasant. The coexistence in perfect harmony is the holy plan of nature. The poet realizes that humans do all atrocities among themselves and cruelties to nature by destroying the ecosystem. They create discord and disharmony and fight and kill themselves. All these wrong-doings are against the holy plan of nature. The poem becomes much appealing because of the sublimity of its theme and beauty of lines and the abundant use of various poetic devices. The poet uses hyperbole when he says that he heard a thousand blended notes. He addresses Nature as a person and calls it ‘her’. He makes the flowers breathe the air, and makes the tender leaves of budding twigs catch the breezy air. All these are perfect examples of Personification. A beautiful instance of the Alliteration can be seen in the line ‘What man has made of man.’
The human soul that through me ran’
These lines speak about man’s vital relationship with nature. Discuss and write a short appreciation of the poem.
The connection of human being with nature is very clearly seen in Wordsworth’s poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’. Wordsworth personifies nature, giving her the ability to make decisions to link herself with the human soul and to experience pleasure. Nature, in this poem, does everything right. Nature is presented as the doer of right things. The poem has a simple form. It is composed of six stanzas, each consisting of four lines.
2. Here is a beautiful nature poem written by John Clare. Comment on it.
A Nature poem
All nature has a feeling: Woods, fields, brooks
Are life eternal: and in silence they
Speak happiness beyond the reach of books.
There is nothing mortal in them; they decay
Is the green life of change; to pass away
And come again in blooms revivified
Its birth was heaven, eternal is its stay,
And with the sun and moon shall still abide
Beneath their day and night and heaven wide.
- John Clare
Comment:
It seems that great poets think alike. John Clare, as William Wordsworth, is certainly a lover of nature. He says everything in nature has feeling. Nature’s holy plan is happiness and perfection. John Clare emphasises it in his poem. Things in nature which are inanimate to us, common people, are animate to Clare. He says that all the things in nature live
for ever. Of course, they decay, but are born again in another form of life. They live for ever and ever.
3. Prepare an appreciation of the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ by William Wordsworth.
The poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ celebrates the relation between man and nature, written by the most celebrated poet of nature William Wordsworth. The poet rejoices in the sights and sounds of nature and at the same time laments on what man has made of man. The poet once sits in a grove in a very calm and relaxed mood. He hears lots of various sounds and songs. He finds solace and becomes much pleased in the songs of birds and music of the woods. At the same time, some woeful thoughts come into his mind, and he becomes pensive. He sees the primrose and periwinkle make wreaths in the bower there. He believes that every flower enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around him express their thrill of pleasure by hopping and playing in the grove. He also notices the budding twigs spread out their tender leaves to catch the breezy air. In short, the poet sees thrilling sights, hears pleasant songs in everything he looks at in the grove, and he experiences the utmost pleasure of the world of nature. But when he thinks of the human world, he becomes sad. What man has done to mankind as well as to nature makes him uneasy and unpleasant. The coexistence in perfect harmony is the holy plan of nature. The poet realizes that humans do all atrocities among themselves and cruelties to nature by destroying the ecosystem. They create discord and disharmony and fight and kill themselves. All these wrong-doings are against the holy plan of nature. The poem becomes much appealing because of the sublimity of its theme and beauty of lines and the abundant use of various poetic devices. The poet uses hyperbole when he says that he heard a thousand blended notes. He addresses Nature as a person and calls it ‘her’. He makes the flowers breathe the air, and makes the tender leaves of budding twigs catch the breezy air. All these are perfect examples of Personification. A beautiful instance of the Alliteration can be seen in the line ‘What man has made of man.’
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