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1、IntroductionInthelonghistoryofEnglishliterature,WilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)isgenerallyregardedbypeopleasagreatnaturepoetwho,enjoyingandworshippingthebeautyofnature,leadsaquietandreclusivelifeinthecountryside.Manyofhispoemsonnatureandsimplerusticlife,uponw
2、hichthepoet'sfamechieflyseemstorestinourowntimes,havebeenwidelyreadandmuchenjoyedbypeoplearoundtheworld.InChina,peoplearealsofondofviewingWordsworthasatraditionalChinesepastoralpoet,believingthatthepoethaslivedasimpleandpeacefulcountylifeallhislife.Itiscer
3、tainlytruethatWordsworthisagreatloverandevenworshipperofnatureandthathehasneverstoppedpouringouthisrapturesovertheworldofnatureinhispoetry.Inasense,naturehasbecomeaconstantsourceofjoyandcomfortinthepoet'slife.Thisisunmistakablyshowninnumerousofhispoems.For
4、example,in"LinesComposedaFewMilesaboveTinternAbbey",apoemconsideredbymanycriticstobeWordsworth'smostoutstandingsinglepoemonnature,thepoetspeaksofthejoyandcomfortheisabletofindinnaturethus:...NatureneverdidbetrayTheheartthatlovedher;'tisherprivilege,Through
5、alltheyearsofthisourlife,toleadFromjoytojoy:forshecansoinformThemindthatiswithinus,soimpressWithquietnessandbeauty,andsofeedWithloftythoughts,thatneithereviltongues,Rashjudgments,northesneersofselfishmen,Norgreetingswherenokindnessis,norallThedrearyinterco
6、urseofdailylife,Shalle'erprevailagainstus,ordisturbOurcheerfulfaith'ThereisalsonodoubtthatWordsworthhasagenuineloveforsimplerusticlifeandhasenjoyedmuchpeaceandjoybylivinginthecountryside.Inhispoetry,wefindthepoetfrequentlyspeakingofthepleasureandcomforthei
7、sabletofindinsimplecountrylifeandshowingusunmistakablyhisstrongaffectionsforthesimplicity,honestyandkindnessofruralfolk.ThusthegeneralreadingpublicareundertheimpressionthatWordsworthisamanwho,beingfarawayfromtheracketofurbanlife,findsgreatpeaceanddelightin
8、natureandinthesimplerusticlife.Veryfewpeople,however,seemtohavenoticedthefactthatinspiteofthegreatcomfortandenjoymentWordsworthisabletofindinthenaturalworldandsimplecountrylife,hisinnerworldisactuallyfulloftr