The Tables Turned By William Wordsworth

SPECS AND SLIMS

SUBJECT MATTER

The tables turned demonstrates to it's audience the importance of going out into the world and experiencing the nature around us. Wordsworth emphasises the importance of nature, as he says "Come forth into the light of things,

Let Nature be your Teacher."

As the poem progresses it is said that you learn more from nature than staying in a cramped environment reading booking that can only give you so much information. Wordsworth also says that

Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health,

Truth breathed by cheerfulness.

Wordsworth is preaching to his audience that mother nature has more to teach than books. Giving a happier and more interactive atmosphere than a boring four walled room.

The tables turned is relevant to todays readers as the title 'the tables turned' relates to stepping into the others shoes for instance, moving outdoors in comparison to staying hunched over reading a book.

PURPOSE

The main purpose is to make the readers understand the differences of learning and the impact of the environment.

EMOTION

CRAFTSMANSHIP

SUMMARY

CRAFTSMANSHIP

SUMMARY

STRUCTURE

It is in ballad form with eight four line stanzas.

LANGUAGE

IMAGERY

It is easy to distinguish the different environments in which Wordsworth is talking about. The boring room with a chair with someone reading a book in comparison to the open, fresh air nature, full of wild life and wisdom.

MOVEMENT

SOUND

Wordsworth uses animals such as the small finches to narrate the sound of the poem, creating the nature side of the story.