Here is the link to Abanoub’s Letter to Willian Wordsworth.
Hey Abanoub,
Awesome letter – I genuinely enjoyed reading this, I think you effectively captured Wordsworth’s unique legacy in literature – great job!
I would like to extend upon your ideas about the “child as the father of man”, indeed, he values the unpolluted perspective that a child can deliver, however, in his sonnet “The world is too much with us”, he discusses how he would like to be a pagan. So, my question is… Do you think Wordsworth would rather view the world from the child’s point of view or from a nonconformist spiritual observer’s?
I’ve thought about this and I think with experience comes excess but also depth. I believe maintaining the childhood connection is important, but being spiritually connected to nature is more complex than just viewing it from an untainted point of view. In ‘Resolution and Independence’, Wordsworth describes and looks upon the ‘leech gatherer’ as almost an omniscient and omnipotent figure whose nature transcends this world, while he’s being is physically here… and that’s the type of depth he desires to have. He seeks to gain an all knowing or a grand understanding rather than unplagued innocent view.
What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Victoria
Victoria Martin's Literature Blog 
I like your thoughts here Victoria. You have gone very deeply into the differences between the child’s perspective and that of the adult. I am sure Abanoub will have found your answer quite challenging. Great work.
MG
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