wordsworths tintern abbey
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A critical analysis of: Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey By
William Wordsworth.
Exactly as the title of the poem suggests, Tintern Abbey was written when William Wordsworth revisited the area of the River Wye and Tintern Abbey with his sister Dorothy.
The poem was written in the eighteenth century, and belongs to the Romantic period. Romantic poetry of the eighteenth century particularly focuses on the relationship between man and nature, the relationship between the individual mind and the natural world.
Wordsworth, the first great Romantic poet, was keenly inspired by all of nature. His poetry reflects his interaction with nature, and nature's symbiotic relationship with man.
Upon reading the first few lines of the passage this relationship is made explicit:
" Yet, oh how oft in darkness. / How oft have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye /
How often has my spirit turned to thee! "
In his present world of turmoil the narrator has returned to the surroundings of his beloved countryside.
Five years have elapsed since the narrator last visited the River Wye and Tintern Abbey...