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1.    The philosophical message of the poem is directly stated in the film,”Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will not grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind;”. This line holds the title of the film and clearly depites how it influenced the plot of the film. These lines were read by the english teacher in Splendor in the Grass, but when the teacher asked Wilma Dean to read what these lines meant she said,”well when we’re young, we look at things very idealistically I guess… and I think Wordsworth means that when we grow up that we have to forget the ideals of youth.” The protagonist Wilma Dean explains this quote in the best way, the film and poem highlight the hopes and ideals of youth and how children view the future differently then adults.
The poem goes on through the stances connecting the beauty of nature to the beauty of a youthful mindset. It states,”What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight,”. Wordsworth emphasises how as time passes and tomorrow comes everything changes.”In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.” To be specific, only through the film does it represents what Wordsworth is trying through protray through the play. When Bud and Wilma Dean realize after the scandal that causes their breakup and suffering, Wilma ends up in the hospital and they realize things can’t go back to the way they were. By the end of the movie when Wilma and Bud see each other again after years Wilma saids,”like you Bud I don’t think too much about happiness either” and Bud states,”what’s the point, you got to take what comes”. After growing up and dealing with life, both characters accept the reality of their actions and try to move on and “rather find strength in what remains behind” as Wilma recites the same lines of the poem she stated in class at the end of the movie when her friends asked if she still loves Bud. Futhermore, by the end of the movie both parents of Wilma and Bud accept the fact their rules and standards of upbringing gravely affected their children. Like the poem states,”Nor Man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!”Although the joy of the past won’t exist tomorrow, it once existence so the joy of youth will never be abolished.
2.    In the poem “Ode on Intimations of Immortality” there has been a line in the poem that inspires the film and triggers it’s plot which is “though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower? We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.” In the poem Ode on Intimations of Immortality it expresses the importance of nature to oneself and how it triggers development. It’s all about growing up and losing the importance of nature but also mourning the loss of youth and having a deeper connection to the world. The poem speaks about the speaker’s infinite love of the natural world and worries about if people will forget the purpose of the existence of it. In the film Splendor in the Grass it’s mostly about love and how the main characters are in love with each other but their parents set out different lives for them and what they should do in the future. They come from problematic families that have their own stories to tell but as the love from the 2 main characters fades so does their will to live.
After trying to incorporate their love even if their parents are not for it because they want them to finish college or get married afterbeing intimate they decide to still be together but after Deanie (one of the main characters) gets drunk and refuses to go home she ends up with another man that eventually rapes her making Bud stand by and watch but later try to take action to save her. They eventually go separate ways when Bud decides he doesn’t want to be with Deanie anymore which makes her mourn to the point that she has to get into an institution for help. After she gets out of the institution she decides to ask about Bud and eventually she goes to see him at his ranch where he is married with 2 kids. In their reunion Deanie states “like you Bud I don’t think about happiness too often” this connects to the poem because at this ending point of the movie we can see that both of them have lost their purpose of life by the end of the movie scene.
Wordsworth’s poem came to inspire a motion picture one and a half century after its publication because the poem related so much to real life that a movie scene had to come to life to make it more visible to the audience. The message would be that we have to find sense in even the most ordinary things in life and basically savor your youth years because in a blink of an eye we will see that everyone takes their own paths in life and what we really wanna do is live in the moment while we are young because once we are adults none of what used to be of importance to us is not anymore.
3. After watching Splendor in the Grass, one can observe the correlations between the themes of the film and the themes of the poem “Ode on Intimations of Immortality.” A visible and main connection between the two literary works was when Deanie recites, “What though the radiance which was once so bright … strength in what remains behind” from the poem in front of the class (Wordsworth lines 180-185).
Before discussing the connections, it is important to understand the context and meaning behind both literary works. Wordsworth’s poem speaks on ideas from the Romanticism movement, such as childhood and nature. The speaker of the poem views the world in the perspective of their former childhood self and, later on, the perspective of themselves as an adult. For example, the child sees the world as “Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream” (Wordsworth lines 4-5). However, quickly afterwards, the speaker explains that they do not see the world as beautifully anymore as an adult and wonders where that childhood feeling went. The speaker does not linger in sadness over this fact, but rather draws strength from their childhood memories and experiences. This is seen in the exact quote that Deanie had to recite to her class.
The significance of Deanie being the one to recite this quote can be explained when examining her character and the plot of the story. Similar to the child who sees the world as bright, beautiful, and joyous, Deanie sees Bud as the only thing that matters in the world and is infatuated with him. However, as the movie progresses and the characters grow older, this light starts to dim as Deanie and Bud obsess over each other but can not be happy with one another due to the restrictions set by both their parents. Both their parents prevent them from getting intimate with each other in fear that a pregnancy would ruin both their future and reputation. One instance of this is when Bud’s father insist that Bud focuses on college and says, “I spent my whole life trying to create a place of importance for you in this world” (Kazan 1961). It is not until the end of the movie that both characters move on in which they finally find “the strength in what remains behind” from their past.

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