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Works of William Wordsworth: To My Sister

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
To My Sister

This poem and the two following say to leave barren books behind and come
forth into a fresh confrontation with natural forces. "To My Sister" has a
specific message, directly stated. Again the language is plain talk; the poet
makes no effort to be witty. There are no metaphysical conceits here, no
consciously poetic inventiveness. The open kind of declaration that Wordsworth
is using would become all the more vivid with, say, John Donne's devilish kind
of cleverness as a background. No convoluted compass metaphors here - just,

Love, now ...

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