![]() In religious terms, the rainbow is a covenant, or agreement, between God and His people, promising freedom from fear of another catastrophe such as the Flood survived by Noah and his family in the Biblical book of Genesis. He remembers the first time he saw a rainbow and completes the circle of his life by predicting-or praying-that he will continue to marvel at such things as he does now and into his old age, or he will feel his life will have ended if he cannot. The poet is now an adult, still marveling at the sight. The immediate pleasure of such an experience enchants a child seeing it for the first time, as it may all the rest of one's life. The leaping of his heart at the sight of a rainbow comes from the beauty of seeing all colors of the spectrum with the human eye. ![]() In a short number of lines, the poem includes key elements of Wordsworth's beliefs. The poem proclaims a state of childhood as being, in fact, "father of the Man" as he grows into part of a natural linkage of all the days of one's existence. In particular, a rainbow in the sky causes the speakers heart to "leap up." The poet remarks that he felt this way as a child as well as an adult and hopes he may always have that receptivity to make life worth living. In a single stanza of nine lines with the unusual rhyme pattern ABC CAB CDD, it ascribes great importance to having a strong reaction to nature. ![]() This short poem from Poems, in Two Volumes combines the experiences of youth and maturity. ![]()
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