Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
anyone can hep me in parapharasing this stanza?
When he had left the mountains and received
On his smooth breast the shadow of those towers
That yet survive, a shattered monument
Of feudal sway, the bright blue river passed
Along the margin of our terrace walk;
A tempting playmate whom we dearly loved.
Oh, many a time have I, a five years' child,
In a small mill-race severed from his stream,
Made one long bathing of a summer's day; 290
Basked in the sun, and plunged and basked again
Alternate, all a summer's day, or scoured
The sandy fields, leaping through flowery groves
Of yellow ragwort; or, when rock and hill,
The woods, and distant Skiddaw's lofty height,
Were bronzed with deepest radiance, stood alone
Beneath the sky, as if I had been born
On Indian plains, and from my mother's hut
Had run abroad in wantonness, to sport
A naked savage, in the thunder shower.
On his smooth breast the shadow of those towers
That yet survive, a shattered monument
Of feudal sway, the bright blue river passed
Along the margin of our terrace walk;
A tempting playmate whom we dearly loved.
Oh, many a time have I, a five years' child,
In a small mill-race severed from his stream,
Made one long bathing of a summer's day; 290
Basked in the sun, and plunged and basked again
Alternate, all a summer's day, or scoured
The sandy fields, leaping through flowery groves
Of yellow ragwort; or, when rock and hill,
The woods, and distant Skiddaw's lofty height,
Were bronzed with deepest radiance, stood alone
Beneath the sky, as if I had been born
On Indian plains, and from my mother's hut
Had run abroad in wantonness, to sport
A naked savage, in the thunder shower.
Top answer
Hi Thank you for posting that - it was like turning on the radio first thing in the morning and hearing an old song I don't often use this means but: you must have a go at it yourself first The only paraphrase of Wordsworth is the one you have in your head Dave
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Hi
Thank you for posting that - it was like turning on the radio first thing in the morning and hearing an old song
I don't often use this means but: you must have a go at it yourself first
The only paraphrase of Wordsworth is the one you have in your head
Dave
Thank you for posting that - it was like turning on the radio first thing in the morning and hearing an old song
I don't often use this means but: you must have a go at it yourself first
The only paraphrase of Wordsworth is the one you have in your head
Dave
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