Stephanie Chang 1A
-1795
-Written when his friends Charles Lamb, and Dorothy and William Wordsworth visited
-Due to an accident he could not join them on a walk and instead sat in the garden-bower (Hence the name of the poem)
-Listed as “Self and Imagination” but focuses on how nature elevates his mind and allows his imagination to remove himself from his “prison” of not being able to walk
-In the first two stanzas his imagination is used to picture what his friends are doing and the beautiful nature they are enjoying
-First stanza: dejected because he is missing out on the joys nature will provide his mind in the future, and presently as well
-Stanza two: he pictures how scenes of nature uplifts his friends' spirits as they gaze upon the landscapes
-In the third stanza his tone takes an optimistic shift and he embraces his current surrounding environment, and realizes that even in the most unfortunate situations nature will find a way into the mind
-Nature evokes imagination , sense of self, nature is everywhere and always present
-Nature awakens human emotions
-The imagination can be used as an escape from physical limitations and constraints, and it helps him realize that he is not limited at all because nature inspires his mind to create infinitely
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