HOPKINS AND WORDSWORTH

The selections from this reading are filled with personification. Examples include:
Hopkin's Spring: "they brush the descending blue"

Hopkin's The Woodlark: This entire poem is a personification because Hopkin's takes on the role of the woodlark - "Teevo cheevo cheevio chee"

WW's The Green Linnet: "birds and flowers once more to greet, my last year's friends together"

WW's Prelude to the Edition of 1814: "Beauty...waits upon my steps: Pitches her tents before me"

WW's I wandered lonely as a cloud: "the daffodils...stretched...along the margin of the bay...tossing their heads in a sprightly dance"

WW's Lines Written in Early Spring: "twigs spread out their fan," "periwinkle trailed its wreaths"

Personification of nature and her inhabitants give charm to the poetry. There is a certain anthropocentricity in our society and personification of nature is one example of this. It is easier to comprehend something that you are familiar with - something you know. So, people tend to bring human characteristics to things that are difficult to understand, such as the life of plants and such.