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Wordsworth's 'Expostulation and Reply' and 'The Tables Turned.'.(works by poet William Wordsworth)
From: The Explicator
Date: 19990322
Author:Nassaar, Christopher S.
Poet William Wordsworth's poem 'Expostulation and Reply' has a biblical base in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 13-16. It appears to be asserting that the true Christian experiences God both in Christ and in nature and its language links Wordsworth to Jesus Christ's disciples and Matthew to the opposing forces. The blending of Christianity and the poet's religion of nature continues and reaches a higher pitch in the companion poem 'The Tables Turned.'
William Wordsworth's poem "Expostulation and Reply" has a biblical base that surprisingly has escaped critical attention.(l) In ...
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