Abraham's Bosom By William Wordsworth

In this poem, William Wordsworth expresses the beauty he sees in nature and shows the love he has for his daughter. In the octave, the writer describes the evening as he walks along a shoreline. To him, the evening is a time of calmness, allowing one to delve into their own spirituality, an opportunity to become closer to God. His mention of a nun automatically signifies purity and religiosity, leading to divinity. He is awed by the magnitude of nature, hence the praise. The descriptions are linked to his poetic subject, whose presence is not only on nature around him, but descriptions of that which is walking beside him. It would be noted that his choice of description would be linked with his theme. The syntax shows that his ideas are presented …show more content…
He expands on her innocence by saying that the child lies in “Abraham’s bosom”. In (Luke 16:22) Abrahams bosoms is Christ’s description for the resting place heaven bound souls. While an adult might worship in a place that is deemed appropriate for worship, a child would worship god in the wonder they experience in nature and the, miracle they would consider it to …show more content…
He also speaks metaphorically, “Thou liest in Abraham’s bosom”. There is a lot of affection in his tone as he addresses his child, but the overall tone of this poem is serious and respectful throughout. There is mystery and sadness in the emotion the he tries to evoke in this poem as his use of similes and metaphors show there is a musical backdrop in his description throughout the poem in the use of the “I” sound which can be attributed to assonance the consonance is recognisable in the b note that links the word “beauteous” with many other words used in the poem. In line 6 the apostrophe is addressing the reader directly, the word is ‘foregrounded’ and is not only an apostrophe but an imperative as