9) and then goes on to explain to the reader that there is more wisdom in the music of thewoodland linnet/How sweet his music! on my life,/There's more of wisdom in it? (ll. 10-12). Wordsworth feels that man has moved away from nature and all it has to offer us educationally, and instead we are concentrating too heavily on learning from artificial sources. This is highlighted in line 16 where Wordsworth felt that one shouldLet nature be your teacher? (l. 16). Take for example, an average high school student. He plays sports, does other clubs and various extracurricular activities, and tries to do the best he can. While doing this, he has a lot of fun. But in the same high school, there may be another student who's whole goal in life is to be the best academically in every school subject by taking AP and Honors courses, wasting his weekends studying and doing projects to perfection. To this student, aB? may be the end of his life. On the other hand, the student who levels himself and spreads himself out a little more, aB? can be interpreted as a pretty good grade, but just to work a little bit harder. Generally, the over-achieving student is more prone to breakdown over failure than the balanced student. In this respect, the poem seems to be emotional in its plea toquit your books?(l. 1) perhaps have some fun. Wordsworth describes nature and then compares it tosages? (l. 24) the very wisest of men, and in these comparisons we are able to see how passionately he feels about nature and of preserving it. .
Nature has so much to provide that most people do not take advantage of. Have you ever taken the time to get up extra early one morning when the sun is just rising? When the sky is a multitude of colors and all the shades of red, purple, yellow, blue, orange? Ever stop to watch the grass grow, sit in the back yard and just stare at the grass and take in the crisp, sweet, air? If not, then one would not know what William Wordsworth was trying to express.