Williams Wordsworth
Wordsworth was born 7 April 1770 amd died 23 April 1850 was an English Romantic poet who with Samuel Taylor , Coleridge helped to launch the romantic Age in English literature with their jont publication . Ode to Duty written in 1805 in published in 1807 is a Poem an ode .
Introduction:
Ode to Duty reveals that Wordsworth has a great concern with moral and ethical values and devotion to duty and integrity . The poet believed that following the path of Duty and mortality one could rise to noble heights of success in his life . Ode to Duty is a landmark in the history of Wordsworth mind . His most significant message to humanity is the message of plain living and high thinking . Wordsworth takes Duty as the divine postulates of universe . Heaving bodies like the sun and the earth maintain the system and decorum which give freshness and strength to the most ancient heavens.
Summary :
The popular poem Ode to Duty was composed by William Wordsworth in 1805 it was published in his poems in the volumes in 1807 in this poem the post personifies Duty as a goddess. He got inspiration to compose this ode from Gray's Ode to Adversity in which he personifies Adversity . According to the post duty is most important part in the life of human beings . He personifies Duty as the strict daughter of God
.The poet compares Duty to the light that shows the right path to human being . It guides human beings to do the right things in life. It helps a man in removing mental conflicts and also help to overcome fears in his life . The poet says that there are also some persons who so not required the help of duty to do the right things in their life. They do them naturally as their voice guide them to do it . They are happy persons . They are men of noble characters . If sometimes they fail to perform their Duty well then duty helps them to choose the right path.
Duty is a strict daughter of god's voice . According to the poet Duty is always hard to perform but she has very kind expression . She has always a divine smile on her face .like human being the objects of nature also perform their Duty . As flowers bloom in the garden and spread their fragrance all around because it is their Duty to spread fragrances all around . As all the planets move in their direction always performing their Duty to the universe.
