![]() ![]() This universal unity, according to Wordsworth is due to the permeation of divine Which reveals the fact that with Nature he can now associate human To Wordsworth the different objects of Nature are a perenial source of joy to mankind. He now starts finding, into natural objects.įinally the poet reaches a stage where he feels the presence of a common unity, among the different objects which is divine in origin. He begins to feel from now the presence of a soul and a living spirit in the objects of Nature. The poet was moved by something mysterious in Nature and the great mission of his life became to preach the gospel and the secret message of Nature to humanity. He bounded over the mountains like a ‘roe’ and this idea finds expression in these lines of the poem. In the second stage he loved Nature with a passion which was all physical, without having an intellectual or philosophical association. The coarser pleasures of Nature gave him joy in his boyish days. He visited the hills and the vales for angling, snaring birds, hunting and enjoying the beautiful sights of Nature. In his youth he was attracted by the physical beauty of Nature. First stage of his love for Nature was “a healthy boy’s love of the open air and freedom of the fields”. The poem “Lines composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” beautifully portrays the stages of development of his love for Nature. Wordsworth passed his youth and formulative years of his life in the midst of Nature’s beautiful surroundings. Wordsworth’s attitude towards Nature can be classified as under (1) the period of the blood (2) the period of the senses (3) the period of the imagination and (4) the period of the soul. ![]()
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