LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
EXPLANATION OF THE FIRST STANZA
In the first quatrain, the divinity of Nature occurs in the phrase ‘a
thousand blended notes, implying an almost-pervasive presence of
the natural, something that is related to the omnipotence shown by
God.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1. What does the poet mean by the expression ‘a thousand’
   blended notes?
   Ans: He heard a mixed variety of sounds and songs.
2. Why did the pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the poet’s
   mind?
   Ans: Because he thinks about what man has made of man.
3. Pick out an example of auditory image from the given lines.
   Ans: A thousand blended notes.
4. ldentify the lines that tell us Nature is linked to the soul of
   human beings.
   Ans: To her fair works did nature link, the human soul that ran
   through me.
5. What was the poet doing when he heard the notes.
   Ans: He was taking rest in a grove.
6. When did pleasant thoughts bring sad thought in the mind?
   Ans: When he was in happy mood.
7. What thought grieved the mind of the poet?
   Ans: He thought about the activities of Man to Nature.
8. What is the rhyme scheme used in these stanzas?
   Ans: ab ab, ab ab
9. Why does the poet sate reclined?
   Ans: He is quite relaxed and blissful.
   10.What feeling did the poet have when he sat in the grove?
   Ans: Pleasant as well as sad feelings.
   11.Who is the speaker in the poem Lines Written in Early Spring ?
   Ans: The Poet

12. ‘I heard a thousand blended notes,’ Identify the poetic device
    used in this line. Ans:- Hyperbole
    13.When does the poet hear a thousand blended notes ?
    Ans :While he was reclining in a grove.
    14.What does the expression “I sate reclined” indicate about the
    poets state of mind?
    Ans: The expression indicates that the poet is in a calm, relaxed
    and pleasant mood.
    15.Cite an example for auditory image from the given stanza
    Ans: “I heard a thousand blended notes.”
    EXPLANATION OF THE SECOND STANZA
    The second stanza moves briefly away from Nature to recall on
    the misery that other humans have caused each other since time immemorial. The poet,however, takes a moment to state that
    Nature is linked to humanity through the idea of a soul; that
    Nature’s soul is not that different from humanity, and that, although it has been forgotten by the rest of the world, it is man’s natural state to be close to Nature. This was one of Wordsworth’s principle philosophies: that it was man’s innate state to be close to nature.
    POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
    1.What saddens the poet’s heart?
    Ans: The cruelties of man towards nature and his fellow beings.
13. What poetic device does the poet use in the line, to her fair
    works did Nature link.
    Ans: Personification.
14. Identify an instance of alliteration from the lines given above.
    Ans: What man has made of man.
15. Pick out an instance of personification from the above lines.
    Ans: “To her fair works did nature link”. Here the poet addresses
    the nature as ‘her.
16. What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?
    Ans: ab ab
17. How does the poet associate himself with nature?
18. Ans. The poet believes that human soul and nature are strongly

associated.What is the meaning of the phrase “what man has made of
man”?
Ans: The poet describes the unnatural aspect of human nature, the
wars, strike and grief which lead to human suffering and
unhappiness.
EXPLANATION OF THE THIRD STANZA
In this stanza, the presence of nature as a living thing strikes again,
this time in the movement verbs used ‘trailed’, for the periwinkle;
‘breathes’ for the flowers. Throughout Lines Written in Early
Spring, Wordsworth does his best to create the idea of a living,
breathing world that is only a fraction removed from humanity.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

What does the poet think about the flowers?
Ans:-The poet thinks that every flower enjoys the air it breathes

Why did the poet think that every flower enjoys its beauty?
Ans:- Different flowers are in perfect harmony. The primrose and
periwinkle grow and exist in harmony.

What is the figure of speech applied in the line, “And ’tis my
faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes”?
Ans:- Personification.

EXPLANATION OF THE FOURTH STANZA
Once more, the presence of movement draws stark contrast with
the immobile poet – it is nature that draws the reader’s attention,
so much has been said about it that it renders the speaker-
poet nearly a non-entity. He has no presence in the poem; no
thoughts, no personality, no ideas. His world is subsumed by the
stronger one of nature.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1.“The birds around me hopped and played”, According to this
line, where is the poet sitting?
Ans:-The poet sitting in a small grove.

2. What seemed a thrill of pleasure to the poet?Ans:-The least motion which the birds made seemed a thrill of
   pleasure to the poet.
3. Why does the poet say that he cannot measure the thoughts of
   the birds?
   Ans:-The poet said that he cannot measure the thoughts of the
   birds because he was not sure that they could think.
4. How does the poet conclude that the birds were happy?
   Ans:-By use the following line, ‘the least motion they made it
   seemed a thrill of pleasure’.
5. What did the birds around him do?
   Ans: They hopped and played in great pleasure.
6. What impression did the least motion of objects of nature give
   the poet?
   Ans: It gave the poet the impression that the objects of Nature
   enjoy a thrill of pleasure.
   EXPLANATION OF THE FIFTH STANZA
   The breeze flowing is sweet and light, the twigs are spreading out
   as if to catch the sweet air and all the speaker can do is gather
   pleasure in their existence.
   POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
7. According to the poet, why do the budding twigs spread out
   their fan?
   Ans: To catch the breeze air.
8. Identify the visual image from the given stanza.
   Ans: The budding twigs.
9. Why did the twigs spread out their fan?
   Ans: To catch breezy air/to enjoy nature.
10. How did the poet get pleasure?
    Ans:- On seeing the attempt of the twigs to catch the air.
11. What is breezy air?
    Ans: The poet feels the pleasure of the gentle wind that was
    blowing in the power.
12. What does the poet mean by budding twigs?
    Ans: The branches of the trees that were about to bloom.
    EXPLANATION OF THE SIXTH STANZA

Nature has only holy plans for humanity. Instead of understanding
that man’s greed, materialism and selfishness kill himself and
nature. In fact he has moved far away from nature .He becomes
unholy and unleashes cruelty.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is nature’s holy plan?
Ans:- Every being in nature should live in harmony.

2. Cite an example of Alliteration from the above lines.
   Ans: Man has made of man.
3. Have I not reason to lament
   What man has made of man? What is the mood of the poet in
   these lines?
   Ans: Melancholy
4. Have I not reason to lament
   What man has made of man? What does the poet mean by this
   expression?
   Ans:- Everything in nature should exist in harmony. That is the
   holy plan of nature. The poet says that he has reason to lament
   when sees the destruction of his fellow beings among themselves
   and to nature.
5. According to the poet what is the belief sent from heaven?
   Ans: Bring happiness everywhere.
6. What should be man’s attitude towards nature?
   Ans:- Man should live in harmony with nature.
7. Pick out an instance of visual image from the stanza.
   Ans: heaven
8. If such be Nature’s holy plan… What is the poetic device used in
   this line.
   Ans: Personification
9. Explain the expression: – Nature’s holy plan.
   Ans: To fill everything with joy, beauty and peace.