In passage one when Wordsworth said, "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, the earth, and every common sight, did seem apparelled in celestial light, the glory of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore;--Turn wheresoe'er I may, by night or day, the things which I have seen I now can see no more." I noticed in this passage how much the sight of nature is like a dream. The light that the sun provides or a "celestial light" made it seem like a dream. It is almost like the meadow, grove, or stream has never been seen in such a light that it is seen as like nothing before. But, by night or day what he sees now he can no longer see anymore because it is like his dream has ended. I could vision how he saw nature like an appearance in a flashback, thought, or a dream and also like it so beautiful that it does not seem real or too good to be true that it seems like it can only be seen like this in a dream.
In passage three Wordsworth says, "Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song, and while the young lambs bound as to the tabor's sound, to me alone there came a thought of grief: a timely utterance gave that thought relief, and again I am strong." In these lines Wordsworth is describing how the music that the birds and the lambs, or as he seems to refer to them as children, made him recollect thoughts of sadness or grief. I like this line and the next line because it describes grief in a very discrete way saying that at certain times a song or a sound can make your "heart leap up" and reminisce on a low time in life or bring a since of sadness to your mind or thoughts. At the end of this passage he says, " Thou Child of Joy, Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy Shepherd-boy!" This shows nature and its sounds can bring joy and happiness to you if you listen to the winds from the mountains earlier described in this passage. It is almost like the mountains are saying be joyful through its winds to the little boy.
Wordworth gives great examples and metaphors to describe how nature can influence a person or child's mood or life and can positively influence a life.
I too was captivated by the words of William Wordsworth in the poem Ode. He spoke of a time where everything seemed so divine and heavenly. "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light.." When reading this piece of the poem I feel like Wordsworth is saying when I was young I saw things for what they were, wether divine or common, as a child he was able to see beauty in nature alone. At this time in Wordsworth's life he was able to look at nature without the manifying glass of an education or the thoughts of everyday struggles dragging down his mind. He didnt try to make reason of it or ask questions of why it was there, he was simply happy to be able to enjoy the beauty of it in that moment. He later states that he can never see things as he once did before. "It is not now as it hath been of yore; turn wheresoe're I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more." By saying this he is stating I will never be able to look out of my eyes as I once did as a child. The world will never be as simple as it was for me then. Wordsworth understands that his childhood innocence is gone and their is nothing in his power he can do to bring it back. I like these parts because they made me feel emotion. In the beginning it made me happy to look back at a time where the world was so simple to me and I was so care free. It made me sad to realize that I can never be that inncocent or care free again on this Earth.
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