uses imagery to make the reader feel the beauty of both homes. It seems the boy wishes to stay in Kilve because, there, he feels closer to nature and did not need a weathercock to connect him to it. Whereas at Liswyn farm, although it too is close to nature, the boy felt that his only connection was through the vane. One can also see the simple adjectives used to describe Kilve's "pleasant" and "delightful" shore, and "favoured" Liswyn Farm. The last stanza of the poem connects to "My Heart Leaps Up" and the concept that "the Child is father of the Man," The father says, "O dearest, dearest boy! My heart for better lore would seldom years, could I but teach the hundredth part of what from thee I learn." The father feels like he has been born again through his son and he has learned how his view of nature has been tarnished with years of life. Once again, Wordsworth wrote a poem that effectively expressed his view on nature and the influence of the child. He has simply described the beauty of nature, and he has proven that the Child innocence is truly sometimes father of the Man.Wordsworth's "return to nature" theme is seen strongly in the poem "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" (DISCovering). "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" contributed the most to Lyrical Ballads, and was arguably the greatest work that Wordsworth had ever published (Compton's). One of his strongest poems, it explores the relationship between nature and eternity. Tintern Abbey is found in Monmouthshire, England, and was founded in 1131 by the Cistercian monks of France. The speaker is a man who has returned to Tintern Abbey and is exploring the relationship between nature and immortality. Wordsworth uses many literary devices to describe the setting of Tintern Abbey and the feelings of the speaker. In lines two through four, he uses aural imagery to describe the sound of water, "of five long winters! And again I hear these w...
