Question

The Education of Nature
Understanding the Poem
Answer these questions briefly.
Stanza 1
1. What human quality is conferred on Nature?
2. Why did Nature wish to take over the child?
3. What would Nature do with the child?
4. How old was the child?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

This poem has seven stanzas, each containing six lines having an aabccb rhyme scheme. In these short poems, the language is simple, yet intense and moving. The most striking fact is that the speaker in the poem does not speak until the final stanza. Only at the end of the poetry, the speaker let us know why he is writing the poem and what happened to Lucy. Most of the lines are difficult to interpret and language is ambiguous. In some line the diction is simple, but the ideas are difficult to cater.