Anecdote For Fathers Analysis

I have a boy of five years old;
His face is fair and fresh to see;
His limbs are cast in beautyÕs mold
And dearly he loves me.

One morn we strolled on our dry walk,
Or quiet home all full in view,
And held such intermitted talk
As we are wont to do.

My thoughts on former pleasures ran;
I thought of Kilve's delightful shore,
Our pleasant home when spring began,
A long, long year before.

A day it was when I could bear
Some fond regrets to entertain;
With so much happiness to spare,
I could not feel a pain.

The green earth echoed to the feet
Of lambs that bounded through the glade,
From shade to sunshine, and as fleet
From sunshine back to shade.

Birds warbled round me---and each trace
Of inward sadness had its charm;
Kilve, thought I, was a favoured place,
And so is Liswyn farm.

My boy beside me tripped, so slim
And graceful in his rustic dress!
And, as we talked, I questioned him,
In very idleness.

"Now tell me, had you rather be,"
I said. and took him by the arm,
"On Kilve's smooth shore, by the green sea,
Or here at Liswyn farm?"

In careless mood he looked at me,
While still I held him by the arm,
And said, "At Kilve I'd rather be
Than here at Liswyn farm."

"Now, little Edward, say why so:
My little Edward, tell me why."---
"I cannot tell, I do not know."---
"Why, this is strange," said I;

"For, here are woods, hills smooth and warm:
There surely must one reason be
Why you would change sweet Liswyn farm
For Kilve by the green sea."

At this, my boy hung down his head,
He blushed with shame, nor made reply;
And three times to the child I said,
"Why, :Edward, tell me why?"

His head he raised---there was in sight,
It caught his eye, he saw it plain---
Upon the house-top, glittering bright,
A broad and gilded vane.

Then did the boy his tongue unlock,
And eased his mind with this reply:
"At Kilve there was no weather-cock;
And that's the reaon why."

O dearest, dearest boy! my heart
For better lore would seldom yearn,
Could I but teach the hundredth part
Of what from thee I learn.

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In Anecdote for Fathers Wordsworth portrays the characteristics of Romanticism. The poem itself describes the point of view of a father who has been strongly influenced by his childs thoughts. There is a conflict in the poem as to where the boy wanted to live versus where the father wanted to.

| Posted on 2007-12-18 | by a guest

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In Anecdote for Fathers Wordsworth portrays the characteristics of Romanticism. The poem itself describes the point of view of a father who has been strongly influenced by his childs thoughts. There is a conflict in the poem as to where the boy wanted to live versus where the father wanted to.

| Posted on 2007-12-18 | by a guest

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In Anecdote for Fathers Wordsworth portrays the characteristics of Romanticism. The poem itself describes the point of view of a father who has been strongly influenced by his childs thoughts. There is a conflict in the poem as to where the boy wanted to live versus where the father wanted to.

| Posted on 2007-12-18 | by a guest

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I liked this poem i have to do a 25 minute oral presentaion on this poem soon in my english lit class so i need so overviews from other people anyone else have anything for me? I have many different things on this poem already but i need to know the structure of this poem and history behind it like what was the author thinking i have found many things on William Wordsworth but i need more about what he was thinking around the time this poem was being written. so i would appreciate some help thank you alot.

| Posted on 2006-02-17 | by Approved Guest