ious literature. In Paganism, nature itself is equated with being a god in itself, and with this in mind we can see how the poet would “rather be” part of that God which would free him of the world which bares such a heavy weight on him. In the last two lines Wordsworth mentions Proteus rising from the sea, and of hearing “Triton blow his wreathed horn”. Proteus was an old man of the sea that could change shape. This could signify the poet’s wish to change his own shape and become an animal or be like the sea itself and in that way closer to being godly. Triton was a sea deity blowing a conch shell, or an instrument. This could be metaphor for the art of poetry or art in general. A musician or an artist creates and is godlike in that sense. In conclusion, no matter what interpretation one makes of this poem it is hard to argue that Wordsworth was against the prevailing religious atmosphere of his time. It is not too difficult to see why he is considered a revolutionary and a Romantic. He was born in 1770, and wrote this poem around 1806 during the conservative Victorian Age in England....
