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Evan Mantyk
Society of Classical Poets
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Middletown, NY 10940
Featured Image: “Consummation of Empire” by Thomas Cole.
Dear Evan Mantyk,
I read your piece in Echo times about Daffodils.
One of my favorite poems, after Grays Elegy.
But you puzzled me. You refer to ;
“a chance encounter…by the SEA” ??
What narrator were you referring to .?
I thought that Wordsworth lived in the English Lake District, near Keswick.
I had always understood that his encounter with daffodils was along the shore of one of the famous lakes, Derwent water, Ullswater , Grasmere, Windermere, or perhaps all of them.
Daffodils do grow wild there in great profusion.
Could you explain your reference to the SEA in this context.?
Thank you.
George
Dear George,
Thank you! I believe you are correct. It would have been a freshwater lake, technically speaking, to which Wordsworth was referring. I was using the sea in a more general sense, like the Sea of Galilee, Aral Sea, and Caspian Sea, which are technically lakes. Things seem grander in the mind’s eye. If you feel I should change it on our website just let me know. At any rate, hopefully this reply clears up any misunderstanding.
Good day to you,
Evan