Exploring Nature And Love In William Wordsworth's Poem Daffodils: A Study Among BS English Students
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William Wordsworth, Daffodils, Love, Nature, BeautyAbstract
The paper will analyze how the natural and man-made influence intersect in the context of the interaction of natural elements and the human influence on the concept of love in the masterpiece poem of William Wordsworth titled I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (also known as Daffodils). The study was conducted on the Bachelor of Science (BS) English students by a quantitative survey. It explores the ways that modern literary students perceive the nature depicted in the poem not as a beautiful setting but as a dynamic, transforming force which produces a kind of spiritual and emotional affection- called empathetic love to the natural world. The results have shown that, though the themes of joy and consolation are easily identified by the respondents, when guided by the idea expressed by Wordsworth of emotion remembered in peace, the theme of love is understood by the respondents as being not only personal but also ecological empathy and a love of memory itself. The research arrives at the conclusion that the work, Daffodils presents itself as a potent pedagogical instrument to explain the main principles of Romanticism and that the interest of the students in reading the poem can support the persistence of its applicability to the development of an emotional and moral connection with nature
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