Ode of immortality from recollections of early childhood.What the line Heavy as frost and custom mean?
English · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The line "Heavy as frost and deep almost as life" from the poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" by William Wordsworth is a metaphor that reflects on the burdens and the numbing influence of routine and custom on the human spirit. Here, "Heavy as frost" implies that routine (or custom) can weigh down on the spirit and joy of life, much like how frost weighs down on and suppresses the growth of plants. Customs and routines can become so ingrained and habitual that they are as deep and inescapable as life itself—almost as if they define the very parameters in which life operates.