Characteristics of a Child Three Years Old
Characteristics of a Child Three Years Old - meaning Summary
Childhood as Natural Wonder
Wordsworth celebrates a three-year-old child as naturally loving, playful, and self-sufficient. The poem presents innocence as a dignity that makes mischief charming rather than blameworthy. Solitude becomes joyous company; the child’s spontaneous movements and songs are likened to lively natural phenomena, suggesting an intimate unity between the child and the natural world. The portrayal aligns with Romantic themes of childhood wonder and the moral value of spontaneous, uncorrupted feeling.
Read Complete AnalysesLOVING she is, and tractable, though wild; And Innocence hath privilege in her To dignify arch looks and laughing eyes; And feats of cunning; and the pretty round Of trespasses, affected to provoke Mock-chastisement and partnership in play. And, as a faggot sparkles on the hearth, Not less if unattended and alone Than when both young and old sit gathered round And take delight in its activity; Even so this happy Creature of herself Is all-sufficient, solitude to her Is blithe society, who fills the air With gladness and involuntary songs. Light are her sallies as the tripping fawn's Forth-startled from the fern where she lay couched; Unthought-of, unexpected, as the stir Of the soft breeze ruffling the meadow-flowers, Or from before it chasing wantonly The many-coloured images imprest Upon the bosom of a placid lake.
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