Question

Q2 3. Write the critical appreciation of poem ‘Ode to Intimations of Immortality’ by William Wordsworth in about 150-200 words.​

Answer 1

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‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’ by William Wordsworth speaks about growing up and losing one’s connection to nature.  

The poem begins with the speaker mourning the loss of his youth and the deeper connection he used to have to the natural world. He tries to touch the emotion of the past but is unable. There’s always something missing. The speaker reflects on what it means to age, and in the fifth stanza declares that we come from a world that is more heavenly than earth. It is with the memory of this place that we see the earth, at least at first. Eventually, we grow older, forget these experiences and are taken in by the earth itself.

Wordsworth’s speaker concludes the poem by declaring that he can always look to his past, his memories, to remember what it was like to live as a child. He can channel these experiences into the present and live as he used to. This is how he regains the joy of the past and lives happily with his mortality.

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