In Wordsworth's poem titled "The Tables Turned An Evening Scene on the Same Subject," the significance of Nature is quite obvious. The speaker in the poem is "giving advice" to his friend Matthew. Matthew is reading a book, and the speaker tells him to stop reading the book - there's so much more that the world is offering. Nature is in a way compared to books because books provide you with knowledge, and the speaker says that nature is a greater source of knowledge. Books are dull and boring, while experiencing the outside world and all of it's beauty is so much better for the mind. Nature is so beautifully written about in this poem, and almost every stanza describes a new aspect of the outdoors. A more detailed comparison I see is in the third stanza. The words in a book are like the songs of a linnet. The music from the bird just flows out and is filled with such great "wisdom." Knowledge is not only gained through reading and this poem is a great example of that. "Let Nature be your teacher." Nature has so much more to offer; you learn more about the world by interacting with nature. All you need is an open mind and "a heart that watches and receives" and you will learn a lot more about humanity in this way rather than by reading a book.
Green Finch and Linnet Bird Song
This is very good! But a lot of it is taken up with summary and paraphrase--telling us what the poem says. If the song of the linnet is your significant detail, why not start with it and stick to it and go into it in more depth? What could it mean that a bird's song has "wisdom in it?" How can that be? What does wisdom mean? what do we usually consider the content of a bird's song? Exploring those kinds of questions would also make your linked media file more obviously relevant to the entry as a whole.
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