Yes, It Was the Mountain Echo
by William Wordsworth
Yes, it was the mountain Echo,
Solitary, clear, profound,
Answering to the shouting Cuckoo,
Giving to her sound for sound!
Unsolicited reply
To a babbling wanderer sent
Like her ordinary cry,
Like-but oh, how different!
Hears not also mortal Life?
Hear not we, unthinking Creatures!
Slaves of folly, love, or strife-
Voices of two different natures?
Have not we too?-yes, we have
Answers, and we know not whence;
Echoes from beyond the grave,
Recognised intelligence!
Such rebounds our inward ear
Catches sometimes from afar-
Listen, ponder, hold them dear;
For the God-of God they are.
What is the best way to describe this kind of passage?
OA. a poem.
OB. a speech.
OC. nonfiction.
OD.
a journal.