Question

Why does the poet call the earth unsubstantial place

Answer 1

ANSWER:

The poet calls the Earth unsubstantial, which means an unrealistic place of fairies, because the Earth is almost like a fairy land which consists of the beautiful elements of nature like the sky, woods, and valleys.

EXPLANATION:

   But the same Earth consists of an industrial life which takes away all the freedom that a person. The poet includes the presence of the cuckoo as another reason for the Earth as an unsubstantial place.

Answer 2

Answer:

The coming of the Cuckoo makes it an idealistically unreal and faery place to the poet. This is the reason why the speaker calls the earth as 'an unsubstantial place'.