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Nutting [William Wordsworth] - Coggle Diagram
Nutting [William Wordsworth]
1st person POV from the perspective of the boy
retrospection: the act of recalling a distinctive memory
memory + recall
First line: The hyphen [—] creates a dramatic pause. Engraving the specific details of "one
day
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"one of those heavenly days .." Theme of nostalgia, divinity, spirituality, retrospection
"to sally forth"
set out from a place to do something
"in eagerness of boyish hope" Childhood
They were seen as a form of fascination and associated with innocence and the nature
"Tow'rd some far-distance wood"
A medieval sense, as though he was going on a quest. Further links to childhood and their innocence and how they make things out of something else
Exploration, challenge, danger, anticipation
"proud disguise ... cast-off weeds ... frugal Dame"
Linking what hes wearing to his future activity
"husbanded": cultivation
"Frugal Dame": referring to his mother who seems to be financially struggling
"Motley accouterment"
"... power to smile, at thorns, at brakes and brambles"
the clothes had the power to protect him against the weeds and the branches. the personification of the clothes could imply that the clothes were belittling the small bushes.
"forcing my way" very difficult, as though the nature is fighting against him,
posing a challenge to our hero
""An unspoiled scene for him to discover. The idea that the final prize of the quest.
"Tempting clusters"
Drawn to it despite out better judgement
Something you would stray away from
CAESURA
= a long hyphen which creates an idea of a pause, a break
Iambic pentameter
Enjambment: the flow of one verse to another, mimics the flow of thoughts.
The free flow of a rhythmical tone within the poem.
A banquet = a plenty. the mention of a banquet fits within the connotation of a her on his quest.
the line breaks brackets out the boy's inner thought where he misplaces himself and forgets his class
A temperament = disposition, happiness and fulfillment
"violets of five humans .. unseen by any human eye ... fairy water-breaks do murmur"
"green stones", rocks on the floor coated with moss is then personified and linked to "scattered like a flock of sheep"
sight, sound and touch
"murmur" a creepy yet enchanting sound stirring a comfortable and drowsy setting
The boy is drunk on the drowsy feeling as he is enchanted. He refers to himself as privileged to be able to hear the soft murmurs of the enchanted.
THE COMMAS + THE SEMI-COLONS + THE HYPHENS ARE USED TO COVER UP A HUGE FLOW OF A SENTENCE
"Then up I rose ... the intruding sky" is when the violent and the aggressive tone is introduced to the poem. It breaks the flow of harmonious tone with the poem. He had broken free of the spell