Interpretation of Poem One - "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost

Monday, March 22, 2010

"Lines Written in Early Spring"

The poem "Lines Written in Early Spring" by William Wordsworth explores mental, and emotional boundaries.
An example of a mental boundary is

"The birds around me hopped and played
Their thoughts I cannot measure."

The persona believes that the birds have no boundaries because they are free in nature.

An example of an emotional boundary is
"And much it grieved my heart to think
What man as made of man"

The persona feels that the effects of modernisation have put a boundary between us and the link of nature.

Visual Imagery is used in the poem.
"The budding twigs spread out their fan
To catch the breezy air"

This is an image of spring.

Pathetic fallacy is also used in the poem.
"To her fair works did nature link"

This is telling me that the persona feels linked to nature.

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