Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood From the onset, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality of Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth appears to be a melancholic reflection on the lost idyllic vision of the child through the process of maturation. Wordsworth’s introductory lines, “The child is the father of the man” (Poetry Foundation), … Continue reading Wordsworth’s “Intimations of Immortality”