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Tintern Abbey

• p. 235

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Nature Poetry of Romantic Period

• Treats rustic/natural subject matter with high
  seriousness
• Antithetical to Enlightenment emphasis on human
  civilization
• Rooted in 17th and 18th century art, landscaping,
  and tourism

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Landscape Painting
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Landscaping and Gardening
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Tourism
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Romantic Aesthetics
The Beautiful and the Sublime

• Beautiful
• Calm, soothing, pleasant, secure
• Sublime
• Awe-inspiring, mysterious, terrible,
  infinite/eternal

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Tintern Abbey
The Beautiful and the Sublime
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What features of the natural landscape does the
speaker describe?

• Beautiful features
• Line 4 soft inland murmur
• Line 8 quiet of the sky

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What features of the natural landscape does the
speaker describe?

• Beautiful features
• Lines 10-14 speaker reposes in an orchard on
  cottage plots
• Line 16 pastoral farms

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What features of the natural landscape does the
speaker describe?

• Sublime features
• Line 3rolling from their mountain springs
• Lines 5-8 steep and lofty cliffs of the wild
  secluded scene

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What features of the natural landscape does the
speaker describe?

• Sublime features
• Line 14 orchard trees lose themselves Mid
  groves and copses
• Line 16 hedgerows are sportive and run wild

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What features of the natural landscape does the
speaker describe?

• Sublime features
• Line 17 wreaths of smoke . . . among the trees

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Who is the speaker of the poem?

• Persona who narrates the poem
• Wordsworth himself
• Meditates on personal experience as tourist
• Examines emotional impact of memories of Tintern
  Abbey

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How did memories of nature affect the speaker?

• Beautiful effects
• Lines 22-30Provided emotional comfort and
  tranquility
• Antidote to the din of urban settings

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How did memories of nature affect the speaker?

• Beautiful effects
• Lines 30-35Built moral character
• Inspired acts of kindness and of love

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How did memories of nature affect the speaker?

• Sublime effects
• Lines 35-45Gave insight into spiritual meaning
  of life
• We become a living soul and see into the life
  of things

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What is the speakers transformation?

• Lines 58-93Speaker traces transformation
• Boyish daysthoughtless enjoyment of nature
• Maturityrecognizes natures moral and spiritual
  power

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Who is the speakers companion?

• Lines 114-115Speaker addresses companion
• His dearest friend
• His younger sister, Dorothy Wordsworth

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What does the speaker see in his companions
response to nature?

• Lines 116-121Speaker analyzes companions
  response
• Image of his former youthful self
• Future repetition of his relationship to nature

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What does the speaker see in his companions
response to nature?

• Lines 121-conclusionSpeaker predicts companions
  future relationship to nature
• Memories of nature will sustain her in times of
  trouble

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What is the relationship of humanity to nature?

• Humanitys perception of nature provides
• Comfort
• Moral guidance
• Spiritual insight