Williams Wordsforth
The Tables Turned BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun above the mountain's head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has spread, His first sweet evening yellow. Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless-- Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:-- We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. In this poem Wordsworth is trying to be an influence on his friend. The poem states, "Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double". This makes it obvious that the speaker is trying to persuade his friend to do something. The speaker not only persuades his friend in this poem, but he does it while using some techniques in his writing. One of them is symbolism. Symbolism is used throughout this entire poem. In this poem the speaker uses light as a symbol to contrast nature's reason to that of a books. Light is literally something that helps people see. In lines 15-16 the poem states, "Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher". This means nature will help you help you see things better and bring you better experiences compared to a book. This poem also has an element of irony though. Woodsworth tells his friend to throw away his books and just experience things on his own, but it is obvious Woodsworth doesn't truly believe that. This is due to the fact that he wrote this poem, knowing someone would read it. It is ironic that he would tell somebody to stop reading a book although Woodsworth writes texts for people to read.
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