Explain the following with reference to the context.

 Explain the following with reference to the context.

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:

The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,

Hath had elsewhere its setting,

And cometh from afar:

Not in entire forgetfulness,

And not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come

 From God, who is our home:


Reference to the context:


These lines have been taken from the poem Ode intimations of immortality written by William Wordsworth. In this poem, Wordsworth discusses the time of childhood and the blessings of childhood. Wordsworth also discusses his idea of the existence of the soul. According to Wordsworth, the time of childhood is the most beautiful time. Continuing his idea of the pre-existence of the soul, Wordsworth called the child a philosopher. He says that the child has memories of heaven. He called the child, a prophet and a seer. Wordsworth is also disappointed because he thinks that with the growing age his creativity declined. The celestial light which he saw when he was a child is now disappeared. 


Explanation:

In these lines, Wordsworth is discussing the idea of the pre-existence of the soul. Wordsworth is using the concept of the pre-existence of the soul according to this belief that the human soul is created before his birth. The soul spends time in heaven and has a clear view of heaven. When the child is born the soul is inserted in his body and when this happens we forget about the time which we had spent in heaven. 

Wordsworth says that we do not forget everything we still have something left which guides a child. That is why Wordsworth considered the time of childhood more important and creative. Wordsworth included his religious opinion in these lines he further says that our soul is created by God and our home is heaven which is too far from here. In the last line he hinted that this world is temporary and when we die our soul will return to God, which is our true home.

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