TY - THES ID - 136143596 TI - A Question with and without An Answer : Analysis of 'Lines Written in Early Spring' AU - Liu, Biyuan AU - de Graef, Ortwin AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Letteren. Opleiding Master of Literary Studies PY - 2013 PB - Leuven : KU Leuven. Faculteit Letteren DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136143596 AB - It is necessary to notice that the collection of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth was critically structured and reorganized around the poem 'Lines Written in Early Spring' ['LWES'] 'LWES' regarding different editions. Despite the importance of the arrangement of LB and the notable place of 'LWES', however, the given research did not represent any discussion of the position, the function and importance of this poem based on its connection with other poems. This thesis will particularly analyse the central position of 'LWES' in the collection based on the memory and contemporary situation of British nation. By focusing on the symbolic meaning of 'a thousand blended notes' in the first line and the landscape illustrated, we can see 'LWES' reveals Wordsworth's argument that 'serve[s] as a commentary unostentatiously directing his [the reader's] attention to my [his] purposes, both particular and general' (Preface), and his efforts to marry up sounds with images, pleasure with pathos, disconnection with connection, the inside with the outside, change with permanence and an individual with the community. In China, current analysis of 'LWES' still follows the mode of antagonism between nature and society, the subject and the object, joy and grief. No attention has yet been paid to the important role played by 'LWES' in the entire collection. However, this binary opposition differs drastically from the ancient Chinese philosophy, as well as poorly similar in the cultural context. The feasibility of such contrasts, therefore, is put in question. Such discussions will be reviewed in this thesis as well. ER -