Of course, England can't really bear children so this is an example of personification, the attribution of human qualities to non-human things. ... Fields, dust, flowers, rivers, suns-it's all over the place. ... Moreover, as a child, he was "washed" and "blest" by the rivers and sun of his homeland (England). ... Line 8: The speaker was "washed" by England's rivers, and "blest" by her suns. ... Take line 8 as an example: Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. ...

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Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! ... In fact, he felt that "it is just as lucky to die [as it is to be born]," (Song, page 6) as "They [young and old men and women, children] are alive and well somewhere; / The smallest sprout shows there is really no death." ...

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• Grade Level: High School