SSLC English Unit 1- Chapter 3 Appreciation Of the Poem Lines Written in Early Spring

Lines Written in Early Spring

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ is a poem, which celebrates the relation between man and nature, written by the most celebrated poet of nature William Wordsworth. The poet rejoices in the sights and sounds of nature and at the same time laments on what man has made of man.

The poet once sits in a grove in a very calm and relaxed mood. He hears lots of various sounds and songs. He finds solace and becomes much pleased in the songs of birds and music of the woods. At the same time, some woeful thoughts come into his mind, and he becomes pensive.

He sees the primrose and periwinkle make wreaths in the bower there. He believes that every flower enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around him express their thrill of pleasure by hopping and playing in the grove. He also notices the budding twigs spread out their tender leaves to catch the breezy air. In short, the poet sees thrilling sights, hears pleasant songs in everything he looks at in the grove, and he experiences the utmost pleasure of the world of nature.

But when he thinks of the human world, he becomes sad. What man has done to mankind as well as to nature makes him uneasy and unpleasant. The coexistence in perfect harmony is the holy plan of nature. The poet realizes that humans do all atrocities among themselves and cruelties to nature by destroying the ecosystem. They create discord and disharmony and fight and kill themselves. All these wrong-doings are against the holy plan of nature.

The poem becomes much appealing because of the sublimity of its theme and beauty of lines and the abundant use of various poetic devices. The lines ‘To her fair works did Nature link…’; ‘every flower enjoys the air it breathes, and ‘The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air’  are examples of Personification. There is the figure of speech hyperbole in the expression ‘a thousand blended notes. ‘What man has made of man' is an example of Alliteration.  The poem ends with a Rhetorical Question: “Have I not reason to lament / What man has made of man?” An example of the Auditory Image is there in “I heard a thousand  blended notes.” The ‘breezy air’ brings to our mind a ‘Tactile Image’ as well. Some Visual Images are flowers (primrose, periwinkle), birds, grove, bower, budding twigs, etc. The Rhyme Scheme of the poem is ABAB. 

POETIC DEVICES IN LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING

ALLITERATION

• What man has made of man.
• And ’tis my faith that every flower

HYPERBOLE

• a thousand blended notes

PERSONIFICATION

• To her fair works did Nature link
• and ‘tis my faith that every flower / Enjoys the air it breathes
• the budding twigs spread out their fan, / To catch the breezy air

IMAGERY

• Visual Images
• The birds around me hopped and played
• The grove, the green bower, the flowers – primrose and periwinkle
• Budding twigs

• Auditory Image
• I heard a thousand blended notes

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