Poetry Analysis

Introduction

This main purpose of this paper is to do poetry analysis of group of poems selected from the book “poems for the millennium”. I have chosen two poems from this boo names as “The Female Vagrant” and “Lines Written in Early Spring”. Both poems are written by one of the famous poet named as William Wordsworth.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) worked all his life to writing the different poems, extensive autobiographical work of eight thousand lines, which was not published until his death in 1850. The book takes its title from the fact that the poem was supposed to be originally a preamble to a composition of philosophical inspiration (Duncan, 115). He composed these poems while he was sitting by the side of the brook that runs down from the Comb, in which stands the village of Alford, through the grounds of Alfoxden. This is the reason why she has connected the poem “Lines Written in Early Spring” with the nature.

Analysis

At first, the phrase, "thousand blended notes" made a person think of the music. Music is common and occasionally central in poetry in nature. Sometimes people refer to music that they hear in the trees, the flowers, the animals and plants. Ironically (or coincidentally), there is a poetic ism and musicality that is applied to nature. This musicality is the first thought that crossed my mind regarding this phrase. This feeling changed after people read the entire verse. The statement makes the author seem as though they are relaxed, on a sunny hill just listening to the sounds and reflecting. It is a serene picture in many ways. However, the final two lines depict a much darker scene.

The last lines offer a twist to the sedated beginning we saw. The feeling that the author captures though is something I believe many have experienced. We know that we can be happy as a clam, thinking happy thoughts, and slowly thoughts that are more melancholy begin to enter my head. It seems to me that it is a product of being in a relaxed state (Crabbe, 22). We sit and think about good and grand ideas, and gradually we drift into sadder places, maybe thinking of what could be or how something could go wrong. We think that people find reasons to be depressed or upset something, and that creates this conflict within them. This conflict is what we feel the author is trying to portray in this poem. While using that thought as a basis, I would like to return to the first line about a "thousand blended notes." After reading the entire verse, I concluded that the "notes" are not music per se, but rather a cacophony of sound, thought and feeling trapped in the speaker's head. It was not until the speaker arrived on the grove, let his mind wander that experienced a feeling, and had time to dissect what it meant.

The incident depicted here is very relatable. It seems a person can be flooded with thought only upon letting ...