Wordsworth
Child
a lot of imagination but less experience
children are happy with the little things
"so was it when my life began"
childhood, for him, was a happy period of his life
"the child is father of the man"
he goes back to his childhood throught the memories
Memory
when he was a child
"they flash upone that inward eye"
emotions
recollection in tranquillity
contemplation of emotions
sense perceptions
sensibility of the eye and ear
sensations lead to simple thoughts
Nature
man and nature are inseparable
man exists as an active participant in it
sight
admiration/devotion
pantheistic view
nature to be happy
nature as a source of pleasure and joy
Poet
poetry is a solitary act originating in the ordinary (-> personal vision of nature)
in connection with nature
creative power
he lived in a Lake District, north-west of England
imagination
the power to see into the life of things
great sensibility