The poem 'Lines Written in Early Spring' by William Wordsworth discusses emotional boundaries. The persona speaks in an inquisitive tone, pondering nature and how man is treating it.
'To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.'
The persona uses pathetic fallacy to show that he is connected to nature in body and soul. He also uses the language technique of pun to identify the link man has broken with nature. The persona uses visual imagery to describe how his eyes see spring.
'The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.'
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