Which sentence best describes how the author develops the theme that we are closest to nature as children?
a) the speaker explains how each interaction with the child deepens his appreciation of the natural world.
b) the speaker contrasts the joy of the child’s reactions to him with the harsher element of nature.
c) the speaker compares the changing nature of child’s emotions to the changing states of the natural world.
d) the speaker reveals his preference for spending time with the child over spending time in nature.
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colored toys
when i bring to you colored toys, my child,
i understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water,
and why flowers are painted in tints
i give colored toys to you, my child.
when i sing to make you dance
i truly know why there is music in leaves,
and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth
i sing to make you dance.
when i bring sweet things to your greedy hands
i know why there is honey in the cup of the flowers
and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice
i bring sweet things to your greedy hands.
when i kiss your face to make you smile, my darling,
i surely understand what pleasure streams from the sky in morning light,
and what delight that is that is which the summer breeze brings to my body
i kiss you to make you smile.

C). The speaker compares the changing nature of child's emotions to the changing states of the natural world.

Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore, through this poem, conveys the idea of joy and happiness brought to a child's life by the little elements of nature like honey, flowers etc. The speaker also is enjoying this state of a child's joy and thus, deriving pleasure out of it. The poem deals with the psychological state of mind of a child who is overjoyed with nature's artistry and beautifully compares it to the beauty of nature. The speaker provides an idea of ushering happiness, love, affection into a child's life not by loads of luxury but by these unadorned beauties of nature. The poet wishes to suggest an alternative to the money-minded world where happiness is equated to wealth by replacing it with the beauty and serenity of nature.

C. The speaker compares the changing nature of child's emotions to the changing states of the natural world.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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