Soul's mirror

Introduction In an age of industrial dawn and intellectual upheaval , William Wordsworth (1770-1850) emerged as a prophet of the ordinary sublime . Selected Poems of Wordsworth is not merely an anthology but a pilgrimage through the landscapes of consciousness itself . This collection , spanning from Lyrical Ballads (1798) to later introspective works , reveals how Wordsworth transformed dew on a leaf and the laughter of a solitary reaper into metaphysical revelations . Themes : Nature as Spiritual Syntax Wordsworth ' s genius lies in his ontological inversion : Nature is not a passive backdrop but an active teacher (" Let Nature be your teacher "- The Tables Turned ). In Tintern Abbey , the Wye Valley becomes a palimpsest of memory where " the still , sad music of humanity " harmonizes with waterfalls . His concept of " spots of time "( The Prelude )- mundane moments charged with transcendent meaning - predates modernist epiphanies by a century . Unlike Blake ' s fiery mysticism , Wordsworth finds divinity in quiet reciprocity , as seen in / Wandered Lonely as a Cloud , where dancing daffodils become a " bliss of solitude " etched in mental cinema . Language : Democratizing the Sublime Rejecting Augustan grandiloquence , Wordsworth ' s " real language of men "( Preface to Lyrical Ballads ) was revolutionary . Yet his simplicity is deceptive . Consider the paradox in My Heart Leaps Up :" The Child is father of the Man "- a line that collapses time through ecological continuity . His use of blank verse in The Prelude creates a rhythmic pulse mirroring both walking and thought itself . Philosophical Undercurrents Wordsworth ' s pantheism often flirts with existential angst . In Ode : Intimations of Immortality , the " visionary gleam " fades with age , yet maturity finds solace in " philosophic mind ." This dialectic between childhood ' s raw wonder and adult reflection forms the spine of his ethos . His environmental prescience resonates today ; lines like " Nature never did betray the heart that loved her "( Tintern Abbey ) read as an eco - spiritual manifesto . Legacy & Relevance While criticized by modernists for sentimentalism , Wordsworth ' s influence is undeniable . Frost ' s pastoral ambiguities and Eliot ' s " objective correlative " owe debts to his method . In our digital age , his call to " come forth into the light of things " remains a radical act of attention . Conclusion This selection is both mirror and lamp : lecting our estrangement from the natural world while illuminating paths to re - enchantment . Wordsworth doesn ' t just describe landscapes - he dissects the act of perception itself . To read him is to witness consciousness dancing with the cosmos , one ordinary - yet - eternal moment at a time .