Which one of the following is the best paraphrase of the above?
Read the extract carefully and answer the question that follows:
The child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
Which one of the following is the best paraphrase of the above?
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Correct answer: (A) The soul is immortal
Explanation
In Wordsworth’s lines the same self continues from childhood into manhood and the poet wishes his days to be linked by a lasting love of nature. The key reads this continuity of the inner self as the idea that the soul is immortal.