![]() The man again asks how many siblings she has since two are dead. “And when the ground was white with snow, She says that now he lies next to Jane and in this way they are close all the time. She and her brother John had played around Jane's grave until he also died. The girl believes that death released her sister from pain and suffering. The little girl then explains that first her sister Jane died from sickness. “Twelve steps or more from my mother’s door, “Their graves are green, they may be seen,” The little girl tells him that she still spends time with her deceased siblings what stuns the poet. The speaker says that if two are dead, then there are only five left. Calculation of the speaker does not agree with the calculation of the girl. The narrator is confused and asks her how they can be seven. She replies "Seven are we," and tells him that two are in a town called Conway, two are at sea, and two lie in the church-yard. The speaker then asks the child where her brothers and sisters are. He asks her how many siblings she has and she replies that there are seven including her. She is crude but very beautiful, and she makes the narrator feel happy. He then meets a little girl who is eight years old and has thick curly hair. The speaker begins this poem by asking what a simple child who is full of life could know about death. In addition, the study seeks to introduce the concept of poetic childhood and its impact on later life to the modern poets.Summary and Interpretation ![]() The study aims at reviewing the old presentation of childhood in Wordsworth’s poems and compare with the current picture of childhood. Why does the poet seem to place an emphasis on childhood experience in his poems?.What is the significance of the picture of childhood in the poet’s life?.Does the poet’s portrayal of the poetic children present the actual image in nature? If yes, how much?.How does Wordsworth present the children in his poems?.How do the children portrayed by Wordsworth perceive nature?.The researcher is going to discuss Wordsworth’s vision of childhood on “We Are Seven” and “Alice Fell or Poverty” in terms of fragility, poverty and philosophy of life. The childhood perception of nature portrayed by Wordsworth is an indication of this poetic style during the era. However, there is evidence that some poets and authors, especially Wordsworth and Allan Poe, attempted to introduce an emphasis on supernatural powers and its impact on human psychology (Ferber 93). They also emphasized on ‘pure nature’ and human psychology. In literature, romantic authors and poets emphasized on nature, children, and women and sought to break away from the aristocratic perception of nature. Romanticism sought to revolt from the European traditions that were largely based on aristocratic school of thought (Smith 69). He travelled wide in Europe, visiting Italy, the Alps, Switzerland and France. In 1791, Wordsworth left the college with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Davies 53). His first publication was a sonnet published in the ‘ European magazine’ when he was attending St John’s College, Cambridge. The poet obtained poetic lessons from both his father and younger sister, both of whom loved poetry. ![]() ![]() Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland in what is now the Lake District of Northwest England. Specifically, the joint publication he released in 1798 known as “Lyrical Ballads” are considered the most important publications in the rise of the Romantic literature in the UK and Europe. Backgroundīorn on 7 April 1770, William Wordsworth played an important role in the rise of the ‘Romantic Age’ in British literature and poetry (Gill 121). It seeks to determine whether the transcendental childhood mind presents an evidence of innate powers that function to unite the natural world and its uncertainties throughout the poet’s life (Moorman 114). The proposed research will attempt to develop a comprehensive examination of the poet’s vision of childhood and its impacts in adult life. However, there have been limited efforts in synthesizing the poet’s differing portrayals of childhood into one basic concept (Mason 78). The impact of childhood experiences in his adult life indicates his understanding of psychological relationship between adult state of mind and childhood perceptions of ‘self’ and that this relationship changes as he grow up (Moorman 22).Ĭriticism has emerged over Wordsworth’s poetical childhood as displayed in the two poems. Nevertheless, these experiences seem to differ as portrayed in each of the two poems. For instance, both poems show the evidence of some ‘visionary powers’ that Wordsworth encountered in his infancy and childhood. ![]()
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