Read the extract and answer the question My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began, So is it now that I am a man, S...

The subject of the extract is the unchanging cycle of nature. The speaker expresses how he feels when he sees a rainbow, and how he has felt this way since his childhood and still feels this way in adulthood, and will continue to feel this way as he grows old. The final line "The child is father of the man" suggests that the speaker believes that childhood experiences shape the person one becomes in adulthood, and that the natural world plays a crucial role in this shaping. The poem emphasizes the continuity and cyclical nature of human life, as well as the importance of nature in shaping human experiences.