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Wordsworth's Call to Nature's Wisdom

The document summarizes and analyzes William Wordsworth's poem "Tables Turned". It discusses how the poem encourages readers to seek knowledge from nature rather than conventional education or books. It then compares this message to the philosophy of Mustapha Mond from Brave New World, who believes happiness is more important than truth. Finally, it states that Wordsworth breaks from conventions by calling readers to leave books and seek truth from nature instead.

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Wordsworth's Call to Nature's Wisdom

The document summarizes and analyzes William Wordsworth's poem "Tables Turned". It discusses how the poem encourages readers to seek knowledge from nature rather than conventional education or books. It then compares this message to the philosophy of Mustapha Mond from Brave New World, who believes happiness is more important than truth. Finally, it states that Wordsworth breaks from conventions by calling readers to leave books and seek truth from nature instead.

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Camden Rothleder

Mr. Shakely
English 2xl/ period 2
15 May 2017
Raw Knowledge of The Outdoors

William Wordsworths, Tables Turned, gives advice on the best mean of

obtaining knowledge. Wordsworths art was of the romanticism era, thus it seems

evident how he would write about the beauty of nature itself. Especially with finals

creeping fast, I saw the poem as a small glimpse of hope in such a stressful time of

conventional learning. Wordsworth implies the inferior nature conventional education

holds on the world outside our books. He writes, Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife:

Come, hear the woodland linnet, showing readers his intent of calling his audience to

enjoy the outdoors and all mother nature has to offer.

Although the poem has what many people consider to be a clich message, it

holds an interesting stance when compared to that of Brave New World by Aldous

Huxley. In this novel about a future Utopian human society, we are introduced to an

interest philosophy from Mustapha Mond. Mustapha creates the World State under the

ideals of creating a society where happiness and satisfaction holds greater importance

than truth and knowledge. Soma, a drug used in this Utopian world, inhibits characters

rationale in times where they fear truth. Tables Turned, on the other hand, does the

complete opposite by calling readers to leave the conforming nature of human ideals.

Instead, we should attempt to indulge in the beautiful truths nature provides, for

happiness lies within truth itself.


Wordsworth is breaking from the conventional rules of literature. He, a writer,

calls his readers to leave books and science. The poem is Wordsworths attempts at

turning his reader readers, like a table, toward wisdom and truth.

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