"Lines written in early spring" by William Wordsworth

The poem "Lines written in early spring" composed by William Wordsworth explores the beauty of the birds and the fact that they have no boundaries tying them down, they are free in the beauty of nature.

The persona seems quite confused and upset about the effects of modernisation on nature.

And much it grieved my heart to think

What man has made of man.

Pathetic fallacy is used in this poem to show that the persona feels linked to nature and all its habitants.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran;

William Wordsworth makes great use of visual imagery, therefore giving us readers clear, vibrant pictures.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,

The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;

The poem is written in first person and the persona is worried about what is happening with nature.