William Wordsworth

Analysis
Published in 1798 in Lyrical Ballads, this poem is widely considered to be one of Wordsworths masterpieces. It is a complex poem, addressing memory, mortality, faith in constitution, and familial love. The poems structure is similarly complex, making do of the independence of blank verse (no rhyming) as well as the measured rhythm of iambic pentameter (with a few notable exceptions). The run of the writing has been described as that of waves, accelerating only to stop in the mid(prenominal)dle of a line (caesura). The repetition of sounds and dustup adds to the ebb out and flow of the language, appropriately speaking to the ebb and flow of the poets memories.
divided into five stanzas of different durations, the poem begins in the present moment, describing the ingrained setting. Wordsworth emphasizes the act of returning by making extensive use of repetition: Five years have passed; five summers, with the length / Of five long winters! and again I hear / These waters... He also uses the phrase once again twice, both measure in the middle of a line, breaking the flow of the text. It is in this manner that the reader is introduced to the natural beauty of the Wye River area.




In the warrant stanza, Wordsworth departs from the present moment to describe how his memories of the scene inspired and continue him over the past five years. Life away from nature is described as being in lonely rooms, and mid the din / Of towns and cities. Meanwhile, nature is described with almost religious exhilaration: Wordsworth uses words such as sublime, blessed, and serene. Wordsworth refers to a blessed desire twice, emphasizing his spiritual relationship with nature. Interestingly, while Wordsworth uses many words related to spirituality and religion in this poem, he never refers to God or Christianity. It seems that nature is playing that role in this poem, especially at the end of the second stanza, when Wordsworth describes a riddle of transcendent moment:
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