Answer each of the following questions ONLINE ONLY. In addition, choose two of the answers from a classmate to respond to. You may also respond to another classmate's response. Your answers must be posted by Saturday, September 29 at 8 pm.
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1. How does Wordsworth's view of nature in his poetry differ from that of Christian sensibility? How does his view of nature differ from that of William Blake (think "Tyger" and "Lamb")?
2. What, according to Wordsworth, is the relationship between the child and nature? How does this relationship tie in to the Romantic sensibility?
3. How is childhood central to Wordsworth’s conception of the self? How is that self affected by the aging process?
4. Discuss the connection between nature and religion in Wordsworth’s poems. How does he imply the connections between God, Nature, and the human mind?
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1. How does Wordsworth's view of nature in his poetry differ from that of Christian sensibility? How does his view of nature differ from that of William Blake (think "Tyger" and "Lamb")?
2. What, according to Wordsworth, is the relationship between the child and nature? How does this relationship tie in to the Romantic sensibility?
3. How is childhood central to Wordsworth’s conception of the self? How is that self affected by the aging process?
4. Discuss the connection between nature and religion in Wordsworth’s poems. How does he imply the connections between God, Nature, and the human mind?