Critical Appreciation
Read the extract from the poem ‘Lines
written in Early Spring’.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:-
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
Write a brief appreciation of the poem
focusing on the theme, imagery and
language used in the poem.
Sample Response
Romanticism of Wordsworth is worship of the green and harmless nature.
‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ is no exception to this. The poem presents a
philosophy of oneness and harmony, using vegetable and.....
