and lively sensibility, agitated by two of the most powerful affections
of the human heart--the parental affection and the love of property,
_landed_ property, including the feelings of inheritance, home and
personal and family independence."

145. Scan this line.

169. THE CLIPPING TREE. Clipping is the word used in the North of
England for shearing. (Wordsworth's note, 1800).

182. Notice the entire absence of pause at the end of the line. Point
out other instances of run-on lines (_enjambement_).

259. PARISH-BOY. Depending on charity.

268-270. Wordsworth added the following note on these lines: "The story
alluded to here is well known in the country. The chapel is called
Ing's Chapel; and is on the right hand side of the road leading from
Kendal to Ambleside."

283. AND TO THE FIELDS WENT FORTH Observe the inconsistency. The
conversation took place in the evening. See l. 327.

284f. WITH A LIGHT HEART. Michael's growing misgivings are subtly
represented in the following lines, and the renewal of his hopes.

367-368. These lines forcibly show how tenaciously Michael's feelings
were rooted in the soil of his home. Hence the extreme pathos of the
situation.