The poem changes tone about a fourth of the way in with the line "A single field which I have looked upon, / Both of them speak of something that is gone;" and according to its title it was culled from recollections of early childhood.
In the first stanza of this poem, the author notes that "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream" seemed to be "Appareled in celestial light." The poet prefaced the work with lines from his "My heart leaps up," and Coleridge noted that his "Dejection: An Ode" echoed phrases from his friend's new poem. The poem changes tone about a fourth of the way in with the line "A single field which I have looked upon, / Both of them speak of something that is gone;" and according to its title it was culled from recollections of early childhood. For 10 points-- name this poem in which clues to timelessness are considered by William Wordsworth.
In the first stanza of this poem, the author notes that "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream" seemed to be "Appareled in celestial light."
“ Ode: {Intimations of Immortality} from Recollections of Early Childhood”