nature as model for freedom

Cards (5)

nature symbolises divine, joyful world where human beings live freely and creatively
its loss represents oppression
key poems
echoing green
laughing song
schoolboy
‘merry bells ring’ ’skylark…sing louder around to the bells’ cheerful sound’
unity of human + natural sounds
harmonious nature of humanity + green world when in space of innocent + freedom
absent of restrictions in idyllic, rural area
‘old john with white hair
does laugh away care
sitting under the oak’
old figure, carries wisdom gained by age + experience
not burdened by age + experience when in world of innocence
pastoral experience + innocence temporarily alleviates woes
’such, such were the joys…
in our youth-time were seen
on the echoing green’
remember times of innocence
pleasure + unspoken sense that this joy can’t be reccaptured
duality
pervading sense of impermanence
not same as experiencing it themselves