hen came to the conclusion that Man can rejoin mother nature and rekindle this extinguished flame. Hopkins encourages us to look towards the future to find this lost flame. We see how we have "trod" over nature yet "nature is never spent." Nature has been crushed by Man yet still endures this abuse. This is what allowed Hopkins to tell Man to look on into the future. He believes that we should give up our old habits and work towards achieving new goals. By contrast, Wordsworth sees a much grimmer future. He believes that nature "moves us not" as we have willingly given up our ties with the beauty that surrounds us. As well he is convinced that the only way we could salvage the future is to return to the past. This is a forward to the past sort of concept, meaning; to go into the future we must become what we once were. He would rather be a "pagan" then to live in our times. Wordsworth emphasizes how the powerful civilizations of the past have all concentrated on nature as the basis of their society. If Man is ever to attain greatness again he must return to this sort of notion. Both poets have unique opinions about solutions to this problem. The ongoing puzzle of how man has forgotten nature persists up to this very day. Each poet shows man's destruction of nature, the effects of the Industrial Revolution and the ways of returning back to mother earth. We can only being to wonder what Wordsworth and Hopkins would think of our modern age that continues these nasty habits. In fact, we have jumped a step beyond going into the information age. I don't think anyone can answer this question, and I certainly cannot. We must nevertheless continue to interpret these poems to their full benefit. Only time will tell if man does completely destroy nature but I believe he will not. We must remember to make an influence and fight for our world, our home.Word Count: 1201...
