Lines Written In

Early Spring

William Wordsworth
1. Central Idea:
The poet reclines in a beautiful grove
surrounded by the blended notes of nature. Even as
he enjoys the scene, it inspires a melancholy mood
and the speaker begins to have dark thoughts about
humanity. Nature, in this poem, do everything
right; it is man who has failed by rejecting nature.
The perfection of nature seen viz a viz the conduct
of human saddens the poet. Melancholy sets in
because of the striking contrast between nature and
humanity.
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2. Textual Questions:
Q1. The poet describes a bitter-sweet moment. Why is the
moment ‘bitter-sweet’?
A1. The moment is bitter because the poet is shocked to find
what man has made of man. But on the other hand the moment
is sweet also because of the beauty, sweetness and charm found
in the Nature.
Q2. Write a few lines about the simplicity of the language
used in the poem?
A2. William Wordsworth believed that the language of poetry
should be as simple and clear as the language of prose. This fact
is proved by the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’. The
words used in this poem are simple. The sentences are also
simple and short.
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Q3. What abilities, according to the poet, does nature
have?
A3. Nature is a storehouse of beauty sweetness as per
the poet. The sights and sounds present in the nature
are pleasing to the human soul. Nature is also full of
life. The spirit in Nature is the same as the soul of the
man.
Q4. What does the poet lament about?
A4. The poet laments the neglect of nature by man
and he is also sad that man has been cruel to
mankind.
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Q5. How does the poet glorify the nature?
A5. The poet glorifies Nature by presenting it as a
living being. There is life in every object of nature.
Moreover the spirit found in nature is the same as the
soul of the man.
Q6. Give an example of personification of nature in
the poem?
A6. Personification is a figure of speech. It means
presenting a lifeless object as a living person. The poet
personifies the nature by showing that Nature has
linked her works to the human soul. He says that
Nature has given life to all of her objects.
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Q7. Read the stanza and answer the questions below:
Rhyming words Rhyme Scheme
To her fair works did nature link a
The human soul that through me ran; b
And much it grieved my heart to think a
What man has made of man? b
Q1. Name the poem and the poet?
Q2. What are the fair works of Nature referred to in the
stanza?
Q3. Why is the poet grieved?
Q4. List two pair of rhyming words used by the poet in this
passage?
Q5. What does the poet mean by ‘What
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man has made of
man’?
Answers:
A1. These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Lines Written
in The Early Spring’ written by ‘William Wordsworth’.
A2. There are no fair works of Nature mentioned in this stanza.
However, there are several fair works mentioned in the poem.
E.g. there are beautiful flowers like the primrose and the
periwinkle. There are birds singing sweet songs and dancing
with joys.
A3. The poet is grieved because man has harmed mankind by
ignoring nature and running after natural things.
A4.Rhyming words are: link-think, ran-man Rhyme Scheme is
a, b, a, b.
A5. The poet wants that man has been responsible for the
troubles of mankind. Nature is always helpful. But man ignores
the nature, acts selfishly and ruins the happiness of mankind.
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