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My Heart Leaps up When I Behold

1) a. The three phases in the poem are when he was a young boy, than a man, and when he grew old. b. His response to the rainbow connects the three phases by expressing he wants to keep his love and passion for nature till when he is older.

2) The significant to “ So was it” to “ So is it” and “So be it” is meaning he is looking in his past for what it was, and for what his love of nature currently is, and what he thinks he will feel about nature in the future. b. “And I could wish my days to be” opposed to “ And im sure my days will be” means that he isn’t quite sure what the future with bring him, or how is outlook will change, but he wants it to stay the same way.

3) When saying the child is the father of the man he eventually comes means that your father influences you in ways that you will develop to be like him, in ways that you won’t even recognize sometimes. b. Woodworth implies about the ways in which peoples early experiences influence their lives that what people go through either negative or positive will change their outlook on life. For instance if something negative happens on something they once loved they will most likely hate it because of that experience and vice versa.

POST BY MICHELLE VALLANCE