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1、麦君恒1306BritishandAmericanPoetry15thDec,2015Wordsworth’sideasabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureWordsworthisanoutstandingromanticpoetaswellasadelegateofnature.Manyofhisworkseulogizethebeautyofnature,throughwhichwecanlearnthatWordsworthholdstheopinionofgettingal
2、ongwithnatureharmoniously.Wordsworthalsostatesthatmenshouldnevergetprofitandmoneyattheexpenseofnaturalrecoursesandenvironment.Wordsworththinksthatnatureissourceofhappiness.Natureandhumanbeingsareintimatefriends,andhumancangethappinessthroughgettingclosertonature.I
3、nonedayof1802,onthewaybackoffromvisitingafriend,Wordsworthsawaseaofgoldendaffodilsthatweredancinginthebreeze.Hewasdeeplytouchedbysuchwonderfulscenery,andwrotedown“IwanderedLonelyasaCloud”.Inthispoem,Wordsworthcomparedhimselftoacloud,wanderinglonelyandsuddenlyencou
4、nterclustersofdaffodilsthatimpressedhim.Thedaffodilsarecomparedtothespiritsthatbringhappinesstohumanbeings.Wordsworthusepersonificationwhendescribingthedaffodilstoexpresshowcharmingtheyare,stilllessthenature.Whenoneisinacircumstancethatisfullofbeautifulflowers,enj
5、oyingthemildbreeze,itisimpossibletobe.AsWordsworthmentionedinthelastthreelines“TheflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.”⑴ItisobviousthatWordsworthhasalreadyindulgedhimselfwiththedaffodilsaswellas
6、thenature.ViaWordsworth’sexperience,wecannotonlylearntheassociationofhumanmoodandthemoodofnature,butalsothegrowthofhumanspiritshouldbefromcommunicationwithnature.Natureissopowerfulandbeautifulthathumanbeingscanobtainknowledgeaswellashappiness,growthinspiritandsoon
7、viafeelingitwithyourheart.Fromlate18thcenturytomiddle19thcentury,withthedevelopmentofcapitalistindustrialization,theonlythingmenpaidattentiontowasmoneyandprofit,thus,thenaturalenvironmentwasruinedruthlessly.Withtheimpulseofprofit,humanexploitednaturalresourcescraz
8、ilyandimmoderately.Theoriginalharmoniousrelationshipbetweenmenandnaturewasdamaged,andinthemeanwhile,underthetemptationofmoney,humandiscardedtraditionalm