SMP #16 Anecdote for Fathers by William Wordsworth
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English - August 18, 2019 12:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBBooks Arts Health & Fitness poetry literature literature and life historical stories wisdom of the ages Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A flaw in all parents, and one not easily rectified, is the inadvertent expectation of cohesion between your child's view of the world and the parents.
In this poem by Wordsworth he gives you a hint as to how to identify and even rectify this mistake
In the discussion of this poem I also explain an important principle regarding romantic literature and poetry. Hint: It has to do with the way we look at waterfalls!