Individual self becomes important for him and he reflects back his own self of childhood experiences in the lapse of his birthplace. Wordsworth Prelude Book 1 stresses on human emotions which is also another aspect of his poetic creativity where he narrates his own subjective truth of his individual self. In the poem, the poet states that the feelings and emotions that have combined and entered into his mind in the very state of tranquility. Wordsworth believed that it is the feelings and emotions that makes human beings a human and hence he gives more importance towards human feelings. Humanism and Individualism– There is an element of humanism in the poem. He reflects that even the forgotten joys and pleasures seems to be reflected as if the nature spoke to him about it in the collision of objects that shrouds back his memories and “Impregnate and to elevate the state of mind” and even if these experiences seems to diminish it is reflected again and over again with repeated experiences. The development of poetic sensibility is again seen in the poem where he recollects the idea of state of excitement in collision with the objects where memories of childhood are imbued in it. Wordsworth also highlights his purpose that he would record his experiences in his mind so that it would become the “unfading recollections” at the present which reflects Romantic spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in the state of tranquility. It connects back to the experience in the Shepherd’s Boat that reflects the mystery of the mind and how the mind itself swings back and forth from the present to the past as he still recalls back the experience while he still was progressing and enjoying the life. As the poem progresses, Wordsworth points out to the idea of solitary cliffs and hills which seems to connect him when he was in a complete solitude. It his sublimity because he invokes the Spirit and Wisdom of the universe that gives shape and life to the various images of his experiences with “high objects” which is purifies his feelings and sanctify him into a grandeur state or sublime state in his beating heart. Wordsworth poetic sublimity is clearly expressed in this lines “The elements of feeling and of thought,/Īnd sanctifying, by such discipline,/ Both pain and fear, until we recognize/ A grandeur in the beatings of the heart”. There is a dark/ Invisible workmanship that reconciles/ Discordant elements, and makes them move/ In one society.” The lines suggest that the mind of a person even breathes and move dynamically and spontaneously like the harmony of music where there is a craftsmanship inside the mind that reconciles with the elements perceived by the objective world to produce a work of art. The development of poetic mind is beautifully expressed in these lines ” The mind of Man is fram’d even like the breath/And harmony of music. He enjoyed wandering among the cliffs late night. It becomes clearer that the recollection of past experiences projects the poet’s connection with the natural world and his maturity. The knowledge becomes important as it is the knowledge of understanding his own self, identity and the pantheistic experience he had in his childhood. The poet recalls the River and the stream of “Derwent” which is near to his childhood house which “compos’d my thoughts” and provides the sense of “knowledge” that exists within the walls of “hills and groves”. Poetic Development of Mind– The poetic development of the mind is associated with the process of the recollection of the past childhood experiences.
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