Splendor in the Grass1961

Miss Metcalf:
Now, what do you think the poet means by this line ? Deanie Loomis.

Wilma Dean:
I'm sorry, Miss Metcalf. I... I didn't hear the question.

Miss Metcalf:
Well, I know it's Spring, Deanie, but I must ask you to pay more attention. I quoted some lines from Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Deanie. Did you hear them ?

Wilma Dean:
I'm afraid not Miss Metcalf.

Miss Metcalf:
Well, then I must ask to turn your text to page 380...

Wilma Dean:
Yes.

Miss Metcalf:
You read the lines to me. Stand, please.

Wilma Dean:
"Though nothing can bring back the hour/Of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower/We will grieve not. Rather find/Strengh in what remains behind..."

Miss Metcalf:
Now, perhaps you can tell me exactly what the poet means by such expressions as "Splendor in the grass" and "Glory in the Flower".

Wilma Dean:
Well, I think it have some...

Miss Metcalf:
Yes ?

Wilma Dean:
Well, when we're young, we looks at thing very idealistically I guess. And I think Woodsworth means that... that when we're grow-up... then, we have to... forget the ideals of youth... and find strength... Miss Metcalf, may I please be...?