Beauty Around Us

Wordsworth starts off his poem by saying that it has been too long (five years too long) since he as seen, heard and felt the beauty that is in nature.  He goes into great detail about the human senses that are excited while around nature.  Then he describes memories and past times associated with nature.  But how these feelings have been lost while cooped up in a lonely, dreary room in London!

I believe Wordsworth's point steams from the little synopsis above.  He talks so much about returning to nature that he must think that mankind in general should return to nature.  Wit nature being "felt in the blood, and felt in the heart" (26), man should not be denying himself the pleasures of natural beauty.  Cities are hurting man's mood and senses and he should return back to his natural place to regain them.  Furthermore, Wordsworth says nature teaches man more about the "life of things", meaning the way to live.

At the end of his poem, he talks about himself as a worshipper of nature who has finally returned to his natural place.  He is now much happier, more appreciative of his surroundings and this new-found excitement both helps him and the nature around him.  Here, I think Wordsworth touches on the idea that nature helps nature.  The woods, cliffs and pastors help us to be better humans and we help the woods, cliffs and pastors by being there to accept their beauty.  We are as dear to nature as nature is as dear to us.  Therefore, why ever leave it?