Compare wordworth'spoem"nutting" with "blackberrypicking".

Discuss the loss of childhood and the awakening into the adult world in 2 poems you have studied (you should look at three poems).         The title of Wordsworth's poem, "nutting" Wordsworth was born in Cumberland in 1770 and went on to establish himself as a great poet, and also to mark what is known as the "romantic movement". He is a renowned and respected poet, with his preoccupation of man's relationship with his environment giving way to …

…awful inevitability in this, as the fruit ferments just as quickly as it ripens. It is again a metaphor for life, and means that no matter what the boy may do his eventual awakening into adulthood is just as inevitable. He realises that he cannot remain protected by his innocence forever. The boy thinks it is "not fair" that this should happen and he is disappointed, showing that life does not always fulfil our desires.