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Title: Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature
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Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature
Introduction
Wordsworth was called by Shelly “Poet of nature”
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He held a firm faith that nature could enlighten the kindheartedness and universal
brotherhood of human beings, and only exist in harmony with nature where a man could get true
happiness
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Wordsworth‟s childhood had been spent in Nature‟s
lap
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At the age of 14, Wordsworth
was sent to school at Hawkshead in the beautiful Lake District in northwestern England
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Wordsworth’s Philosophy of Nature
Wordsworth, as a poet of nature, stands supreme
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Nature has a pivotal position in his poetry
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He conceived Nature as a living personality
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Nature is a source of consolation and joy
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Nature is a great teacher, guardian, and nurse
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He views Nature as a source of
love, perpetual joy, soothing and healing power, knowledge, and spirituality
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He believes that Nature is the Universal Spirit guiding anyone who likes to
be guided by her
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Everything about
Nature, as a child, seemed to fascinate him
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The connection and appreciation
for nature he had as a child are not the same as after he has grown up
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He can still appreciate Nature as an adult, but it is not like
how it used to be
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A good relationship with nature helps individuals connect to both the spiritual and the social
worlds
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He says in The World Is Too Much With Us:
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
William Wordsworth deplores the extreme materialism and spiritual degradation of his
times
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They have become too materialistic
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They have
given themselves up, heart and soul, to the pursuit of material prosperity
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He says in The World is Too Much with Us:
Great God! I’d rather be
A pagan suckled in a creed outward;
So might I standing on this pleasant lea,
He says that he would rather be a pagan with his keen sensitiveness to the mysteries and
beauties of nature than lead a life that prioritizes materialism
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Wordsworth‟s love of nature was boundless
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Nature does not just teach, but it also heals the human
soul
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Wordsworth also references animals in his works as well as a way of conveying ideas through
nature
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He goes on to tell the story of his life, starting with the first sheep that he bought
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After he had bought the sheep he
had married, and had children
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He had to sell his precious
flock, with deep regret, one by one until the only one sheep was left
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Conclusion
Wordsworth is one of the most influential romantic poets of English of the nineteenth
century
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He presents her as a perpetual
source of joy and teaching
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He believes that she retains
soothing and healing power
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He
believed that to acquire spiritual freedom and to live life to its fullest is by appreciating and
becoming one with Nature
Title: Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature
Description: Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature
Description: Wordsworth as a Poet of Nature