ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tables Turned is a poem written by William Wordsworth in 1798 and published in his Lyrical Ballads. The poem is mainly about the importance of nature. It says that books are just barren leaves that provide empty knowledge, and that nature is the best teacher which can teach more about human, evil and good.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Wordsworth’s work, nature takes over the role of the teacher. Like nature, the goal of the teacher in the classroom should be to spark “the passions that build up our human soul” and to serve as skilled guides in further exploration of those passions, only intervening when necessary.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem’s speaker is someone who’s passionate about nature and humankind’s relationship to it. Although the poem begins with the speaker addressing someone as “my Friend, ” the speaker is probably just talking to the reader in general rather than a specific person.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is the guide and guardian of his emotions. It is the soul of his moral being. In ‘Tintern Abbey’ the poet says that Nature is: “ The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart and soul Of all my moral beings".

Detailed explanation-5: -Lucy may be a real person or an imaginary character by the poet. This poem is an Elegy . The poet is lamenting the death of Lucy who dies as a child. Here, the poet is talking about the education that is received in the company of nature.