1.
Explain the paradox “The Child is the Father of the Man.” (2060)
2.
What is the central idea of the poem “My Heart Leaps up When I Behold”? (2066)
3.
Interpret the poem “My Heart Leaps up When I Behold”. (2068)
4.
Why does the poet’s heart leap up when he sees a rainbow in the sky? (2069)
The Poem ‘My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold’ is
written by William Wordsworth. He is one of the poets who started romanticism
in English literature. He expressed his love towards nature in his literary
works. According to him “Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings:
it takes it origin from emotions recollected in tranquility.” In this poem he
recollects an experience of his childhood days and gives his emotions and
feelings a meaning.
When the poet sees the rainbow in the sky, his heart
becomes extremely happy. The situation was same when he was a child. He used to
become happy when he saw rainbow in the sky in his child hood. The condition is
still same in the present. Now the poet is an adult and his heart still becomes
happy when he sees rainbow. He wants his heart to be happy in future also in
the same way when he will see the rainbow. And he wishes to die if the
happiness in his heart for the rainbow doesn’t remain same when he will become
old in future. He thinks that the child is father of the man because a child
has all the characteristics that grow along with him and become the
characteristics of the man. In the same way a growing man develops the
characteristics he showed as a child. So, the poet wishes to tie each of his
coming days with the worship and love of nature as childhood.
