Question

What is the meaning of the popular phrase "child is the father of man"?

Answer 1

Answer:

Prov. People's personalities form when they are children; A person will have the same qualities as an adult that he or she had as a child. (From William Wordsworth's poem, "My Heart Leaps Up.") In Bill's case, the child was father of the man; he never lost his childhood delight in observing nature.

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Answer 2

Actually in this line 'child is the father of man' the poet wants to say that man is the product of his habits and behaviour developed in the childhood.