My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
THEME:
The main theme of the poem is the love of nature. The speaker's heart leaps up not when he sees a painting, or someone he loves, but rather when he sees something beautiful from nature like rainbow. Here the speaker tries to express his feeling that his way of thinking, his emotions will not change as he grows older. He hopes that he will feel theme the same way he felt as a younger person.
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