It is a Beauteous Evening By William Wordsworth - Summary
A beautiful sonnet written by William Wordsworth, leader of the Romantic Movement along with S.T Coleridge in Britain founded the movement in 1798. Again in this poem too, we can highlight the poet’s admiring and praise of nature and common things. In the poem, there is a description of him taking a walk in the evening over the ocean with Caroline, his daughter with Annette Valon with whom he had a relationship while residing in France during (French) Revolution in 1792.
The poet describes the evening as a beautiful, calm and free from any hassle. He personifies the time as “nun/ Breathless with adoration” and symbolizing it as a beauty and divine. The sun is setting down in a calm way. He says listen to the awakening of mighty being, here he is pointing to the ocean tides which with its strong force and motion create a sound like thunder endless times.
Up to this point, we were unaware about his companion who walks with him, his daughter Caroline to whom he addressed as “Dear child! Dear Girl” in the ninth line. He says that his daughter is walking with him and it seems to him that she can’t perceive the natural objects such as evening, sun, sky, tides the same way the poet is perceiving them to be. He comforts her by telling her that if she can’t experience the “solemn thought”, from which the poet was overjoyed, she shouldn’t think her soul is less divine. He uplifted her position by telling her that she lies in Abraham’s bosom or side ( an allusion to the New Testament) and worship at the temple’s shrine. He told her that god is always present with us even we know or not.
The poet describes the evening as a beautiful, calm and free from any hassle. He personifies the time as “nun/ Breathless with adoration” and symbolizing it as a beauty and divine. The sun is setting down in a calm way. He says listen to the awakening of mighty being, here he is pointing to the ocean tides which with its strong force and motion create a sound like thunder endless times.
Up to this point, we were unaware about his companion who walks with him, his daughter Caroline to whom he addressed as “Dear child! Dear Girl” in the ninth line. He says that his daughter is walking with him and it seems to him that she can’t perceive the natural objects such as evening, sun, sky, tides the same way the poet is perceiving them to be. He comforts her by telling her that if she can’t experience the “solemn thought”, from which the poet was overjoyed, she shouldn’t think her soul is less divine. He uplifted her position by telling her that she lies in Abraham’s bosom or side ( an allusion to the New Testament) and worship at the temple’s shrine. He told her that god is always present with us even we know or not.