Significance Of Nature In Wordsworth's Poetry

Explain the Poetry Essay thesis on the significance of nature in wordsworth's poetry.

Wordsworth's unique interpretation of nature

Wordsworth’s interpretation of nature had a groundbreaking and unique attitude to explain, and had a specific view of situation to illustrate. The Poet acquired an insight of Life force in Nature as well as developed aesthetic manifestations that charm the supreme “lyricists of nature”. His assessment of nature stands different as of his contemporary composers. In Tintern Abbey as well as in The Prelude, Wordsworth has outlined to what magnitude his adoration of Nature continued to be settled and accepted through the numerous phases. The poet realized “glad animal actions” and ascetic choice in wandering around Nature. Following a deer, the lyricist flew around above the highlands, by the flank of the profound streams, and laterally the solitary rivulets (Armstrong).

Nature remains a foundation of creativeness and asset to him. She was caring, delicate and approachable to man’s concern in her. She under no circumstances deceived ‘the mind that valued her’. He exulted in the center of nature as a believer and gratefully promised deeper faithfulness to her. The confidence thus lay to bring forth contented outcomes; as the natural surroundings did not merely lessen his meditative attitudes, but correspondingly conveyed the sustenance for future considerations (Williams).

He had perceived the miseries of human race as reflected in Immortality Ode:

                                           

Each time he feels pain from the disillusionment of the domain, he finds space “in the lap of natural environments”. She affords him with a mild touch besides pacifying impact.  

                                                         

                                                                      (Huang, Pei and Fu 113-115).

In his initial adolescence, he talks about the essence of Nature together by means of exultation of Life force besides as a trainer of the observance and emotion. In the “Prelude”, we discover that in the leading period Nature was:

                                                               

Nature as inspiration for creativity

                                                                                        (Green 935-962).  

In the subsequent stage, Nature soon charmed primarily on the road to the minds as well as sensed fondness while he perceives the tints of Natural surroundings, bits the smell of Natural objects, touches the elements of Nature besides listening to the sweet-smelling blows of landscape. Yet, as he matured, “Nature” was valued over an unreflecting impulse as he articulates:

                                           

                                                                                              (Roche)

Through “Tintern Abbey”, Wordsworth portrays Nature by means of an entity of an “aspiration aimed at the picturesque”

                                         

                                                                      (Huang, Pei and Fu 113-115)

In the phase of French Insurgence, he could identify in Natural settings-- ‘wretched song of humanity’. His regard of natural environment was refined as observed in Tintern Abbey:

                                                 

                                                                           (Ackland 21-32).

He senses understanding of inspirational life force, the functioning of holy being in the entire matters of Environment, comprehended the educative effect of Nature, in addition to the supremacy of Natural surroundings to frame the human character and appeal. He regarded “Nature” as the nurturer, the leading light, the custodian of his mind, and the character of his ethical being generally acknowledged as “Pantheism”. The implication of Nature by means of the omnipotent celestial life force is predominant in his writing as:

Wordsworth's evolving perception of nature

                                                       

                                                                                               (Turner 623).

In accordance to his vision, Nature never deceives the mind that adores her. The outcome of physical setting on the lyricist’s awareness is found in ‘The Excursion’. He  became  perplexed  by  native  background,  and  the special possessions  of  his  familiarity  with  natural ambiances  are  revealed  in  each  works. “The Old Cumberland Beggar” displays the closeness to Nature as well as Man besides being indistinguishable to their finding. A sensitivity of goodness cannot  remain disconnected  “consistently  from  the  unpleasant  and  utmost  ruined,  the  dreadful  and  most ruthless, of Nature’s arrangements, considerably not as much of Humans, yet in his genuine extent:

                                                 

                                                                               (Williams).

Wordsworth’s “mysticism” signified a perceptive development on top of pursuit of the imperceptible representativeness and its fear through examination system to an understanding of all reality. In his verses, poet over and over again defines ‘the blessed tranquil moods’ which revealed the secrecies of survival and customarily, lessened the loads of numerous unfavorable truth of life. Wordsworth’s perception of widespread relationship is inseparably attached to Plato’s concept of the impressive world - a follower of the All-inclusive Realism, prevailing as awareness in the indefinable mind; trust in the intrinsic harmony of all representativeness. The soul’s intense longing for absorption in the inestimable world and its involvement of bodiless amalgamation articulated the condition of “ecstasy” (Parab). The Spiritual attraction among man and environment is intensely realized in the consequent words:

                                                     

                                                                                        (Turner 623).

However,  he  possessed  an  inherent  adoration  for  nature  since juvenile stage,  his  connection  with  nature  reiterated  in advanced  years.  Wordsworth recollected in what way in flashes of cognitive mystification, he alerted himself.

                                           

                                                                        (Huang, Pei and Fu 113-115).

References

Ackland, Michael. "From Wilderness To Landscape: Charles Harpur's Dialogue With Wordsworth And Antipodean Nature." Victorian Poetry 40.1 (2002): 21-32. Web.

Armstrong, John. Love, Life, Goethe. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Print.

Dr.A.Chandra Bose, “Generating Happiness through Nature by Romantic poets", Research Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL), 1.3 (2013). Web

Green, Georgina. "The People And The Poet Redeemed: William Wordsworth And The Peninsular Uprising." ELH 79.4 (2012): 935-962. Web.

Green, Georgina. "The People And The Poet Redeemed: William Wordsworth And The Peninsular Uprising." ELH 79.4 (2012): 935-962. Web.

Huang, Xiaolin, Feifei Pei, and Changle Fu. "On Lyrical Poetry Of Wordsworth, A Poet Of Nature." Advances in Literary Study 02.04 (2014): 113-115. Web.

Parab, Dr. Vitthal V. "The Romantic Philosophy In The Poetry Of William Wordsworth And Samuel Taylor Coleridge." The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention (2015): n. pag. Web.

Roche, Thomas G. Romantic Conscience. [Santa Barbara, Calif.]: University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012. Print.

Turner, John. ""Hauntings From The Infirmity Of Love": Wordsworth And The Illusion Of Pastoral." Studies in Romanticism 43.4 (2004): 623. Web.

Williams, John. Wordsworth Translated. London: Continuum, 2009. Print.