William Wordsworth, an idealistic poet, grew up as an orphan with his four siblings. He went on a walking tour in Europe before his last semester in college, which influenced both his love for poetry and his political views. Wadsworth found himself in Europe during the French Revolution and that is when he began his “interest and sympathy for the life, troubles, and speech of the common man” (poets.org). Losing two of his children definitely impacted William to become the poet that we know of today. In “My heart leaps up when I behold” and “Mutability” Wordsworth uses themes of nature and time, as well as imagery to argue that humans should enjoy and use the time they are given more wisely.
Wordsworth embraces his never ending joy for rainbows in “My heart leaps up when I behold” by including his past, present and future. He clarifies that “so it was when [his] life began” (line 3) he has loved rainbows. He still gets excited by a rainbows sight even as a wiser man and he is sure that his …show more content…
In “My heart leaps up when I behold” he mostly discusses his passion for rainbows and how he will never lose this passion. In lines 8 and 9 he states that he wishes nature will “bound” his days together for the rest of his life. He “wants his days to be tied together by reverence and piety toward the natural world” (shmoop). William mentions in “Mutability” how nature can change its outlook within a few hours “and in the morning whitened hill and plain and is no more” (lines9-10). This specific part ties back to beginning of poem “from low to high doth dissolution” because it explains how everything in nature is similar to the morning frost that is melted off when the sun has risen. It may look a certain way when the frost is there and it will quickly melt off and look deffirently. William is explaining that nothing lasts, relating back to the theme of
Wordsworth embraces his never ending joy for rainbows in “My heart leaps up when I behold” by including his past, present and future. He clarifies that “so it was when [his] life began” (line 3) he has loved rainbows. He still gets excited by a rainbows sight even as a wiser man and he is sure that his …show more content…
In “My heart leaps up when I behold” he mostly discusses his passion for rainbows and how he will never lose this passion. In lines 8 and 9 he states that he wishes nature will “bound” his days together for the rest of his life. He “wants his days to be tied together by reverence and piety toward the natural world” (shmoop). William mentions in “Mutability” how nature can change its outlook within a few hours “and in the morning whitened hill and plain and is no more” (lines9-10). This specific part ties back to beginning of poem “from low to high doth dissolution” because it explains how everything in nature is similar to the morning frost that is melted off when the sun has risen. It may look a certain way when the frost is there and it will quickly melt off and look deffirently. William is explaining that nothing lasts, relating back to the theme of