Pick just one poem from Lyrical Ballads that deals with children or Nature, and then find a passage in the Daodejing that also deals with children of Nature in a similar way. What does Wordsworth admire about his subject? And how are similar ideas evident in The Daodejing? Though there is almost certainly no direct influence between The Daodejing and Wordsworth, it is possible that these works more than two-thousand years apart could resonate very closely.
Format: MLA (use in-test citations and Works Cited at the end)
Word counts: 1000 words