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This summary discusses William Wordsworth's poem "Early Spring" from 1798. The poem reflects on how humans have caused suffering but are still connected to nature through their souls. While people have distanced themselves from nature, it was meant to be humanity's natural state to feel close to the natural world according to Wordsworth's philosophy. The summary then shifts to discussing a part of the poem that describes a beautiful patch of colorful moss that seems intricately woven, as if by a lady's hand.

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Reference To Context

This summary discusses William Wordsworth's poem "Early Spring" from 1798. The poem reflects on how humans have caused suffering but are still connected to nature through their souls. While people have distanced themselves from nature, it was meant to be humanity's natural state to feel close to the natural world according to Wordsworth's philosophy. The summary then shifts to discussing a part of the poem that describes a beautiful patch of colorful moss that seems intricately woven, as if by a lady's hand.

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Reference to context:

These lines are taken from poem Early spring. In 1798, William Wordsworth, poet
to ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’, was to publish a volume of poetry known as
‘Lyrical Ballads‘ with his then-friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Lines:

To her fair works did Nature link


The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Explaination:
The second quatrain moves briefly away from Nature to reminisce on the misery that
other humans have caused each other since time immemorial. The poet, however,
takes a moment to state that Nature is linked to humanity through the very idea of a
soul; that Nature’s soul is not that different from humanity, and that, although it has
been forgotten by the rest of the world, it is man’s natural state to be close to Nature.
This was one of Wordsworth’s principle philosophies: that it was man’s innate state to
be close to nature.

Reference to context:

Lines:

“And, close beside this aged Thorn,


There is a fresh and lovely sight,
A beauteous heap, a hill of moss,
Just half a foot in height.
All lovely colours there you see,
All colours that were ever seen;
And mossy network too is there,
As if by hand of lady fair
The work had woven been;
And cups, the darlings of the eye,
So deep is their vermilion dye.

Explaination:
The fourth stanza marks a sudden shift in tone, as the speaker begins to describe
positive elements of nature. The speaker mentions that near this thornbush lies a lovely
heap of moss. Unlike the moss mentioned earlier in the poem, this small hill of moss is
cast in a favorable light. This particular spot evokes excitement and admiration in the
speaker, as he points out that this moss and the earth surrounding it are full of bright
colors such as vermilion. The colors are more magnificent than anything one has ever
seen. The moss is also so delicately woven that it looks like a woman’s handiwork.

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