The Tables Turned

The Tables Turned The Tables TurnedWilliam Wordsworth's stanzaic poem The Tables Turned (1798), expresses his belief that true knowledge is learned through and by nature, not by reading books. Wordsworth uses his friendly relationship with the reader to convince them to quit their books and go out into the world and discover what it has to offer. Wordsworth's welcoming relationship with the reader, his ongoing petitioning, and his assurance of true knowledge leaves the reader with a sense of his insight.William Wordsworth creates a relationship with the reader in the first line of the poem by pleading "Up! Up! My Friend!" This beginning gains the reader's attention and forms a bond between the reader and Wordsworth. The way Wordsworth expresses this piece of poetry almost seems as if he is looking out for the reader, as evident in the second line of the first stanza stating "Oh surely you'll grow double"‚Â ¦" Wordsworth goes on to state that books impart no knowledge that nature cannot bring; for books, Wordsworth explains, are nothing but "toil and trouble"‚Â ¦and a dull and endless strife."English: A portrait of William Wordsworth. This is...