ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What view of nature is presented?
A
Nature can bring hatred, it can do things to the mind
B
Nature is powerful
C
Nature is relied on to make people feel better
D
Nature is unsettling
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The poet feels one with nature. William Wordsworth is a poet whose most of the poems are about nature and we can see that the poem Daffodils is also about his feelings on nature. He expresses his feeling through the poem and makes us understand that he is a nature lover.

Detailed explanation-2: -He has described nature as living creature, who keeps her eye on every aspect of life whether it is good or bad. In this part of the poem, the fear of some extreme force haunts the boy and it broods on his mind. The boy sees a ‘craggy ridge’ which appears to him as the meeting place of the sky and the mountain top.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through this poem William Wordsworth is expressing both the beauty and importance of nature. Throughout his life he was heavily influenced by his surroundings, and this is evident through the themes of nature and it’s awe “quote”. William Wordsworth believed that nature acted as a teacher, guiding humanity.

Detailed explanation-4: -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". Wordsworth identifies himself with a special message of Nature’s relation to man and of man to Nature. He creates a gospel of Nature and Man.

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