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    Themes in Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey Full Title: "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey; On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour‚ July 13‚ 1798. Man and the Natural World This is one of the most important ideas of "Tintern Abbey." The speaker of this poem has discovered‚ in his maturity‚ that his appreciation of natural beauty has allowed him to recognize a divine power in nature. Wordsworth comes up with this idea in "Tintern Abbey‚" and then really explores

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    of Wordsworth as expressed in the two poems “Ode to the West Wind” and “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” Paying special attention to the three ‘T’s: tone‚ technique‚ and theme. The two chosen pieces both have a dominant theme of nature. Shelley‚ in his poem “Ode to the West Wind‚” uses poignant tone‚ while using personification and imagery to unravel his theme of nature. While Wordsworth’s “...Tintern Abbey”

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    Essay 1 Wordsworth renews traditional themes and emotions through his poetry. The general meaning throughout the poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” exaggerates the conflict between the speaker and the term that relate to what nature meant to him in various stages throughout his life. The poem is a reflection of the speaker’s feelings and ideas concerning nature and how it has formed his memories about the past‚ present‚ and future. From the beginning to end‚ Wordsworth related

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    THE SPIRTUAL COMFORT OF NATURE IN WILLIAMS WORDSORTH’S “LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY”   The spirituality and influence of nature in William Wordsworth’s "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey‚" explains the impact of and comfort provided by nature throughout his life. As Wordsworth grows older‚ he tries to share this with his sister. Using the moon as a metaphor for his older (evening) stage in life‚ he tells her “Therefore let the moon Shine on

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    LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY William Wordsworth CONTEXT (AO1)    Written in July of 1798 and published as the last poem of Lyrical Ballads. At the age of twenty-three (in August of 1793)‚ Wordsworth had visited the desolate abbey alone. In 1798 he returned to the same place with his beloved sister‚ Dorothy Wordsworth‚ who was a year younger. Dorothy is referred to as "Friend" throughout the poem. (whom he addresses warmly in the final paragraph as "thou my dearest Friend‚

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    Woodsworth‚ Barabauld‚ and Rousseau all have great poems with distinct features from their lives and the poems which include the importance of childhood. Not only was it important in some of their poems but also throughout their lives. The three authors‚ Wordsworth‚ Barbauld‚ and Rosseau all share common characteristics in their poems and lives‚ with the use of the importance of childhood freedom‚ the different influences in childhood ‚ and also the way the authors’ childhoods developed. Woodsworth was an

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    How TINTERN ABBEY evolves from beginning to end is in a truly reflective state upon the five years that had passed since he had last visited the ruins of the abbey. The ruin of the abbey‚ perhaps can be compared to the aging of man and the inevitably of aging‚ however‚ the abbey still stands as does natutre and its eternal splendor. The poem starts immediately with an adjective‚ "rolling" referring to the waters coming down from the mountain springs which do not disturb the "murmur" of the river:

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    at Cockermouth in the heart of the Lakes District in England. William Wordsworth grew up in a rustic society and his beautiful and ageless poetry often reflect this. Wordsworth’s mother died in 1778 and in 1779 he was sent to grammar school in Hawkshead. Wordsworth’s father died in 1783‚ leaving his uncles as guardians. They tried to guide him towards a career in law or in the church and he was accepted into Cambridge in 1787. Wordsworth was uninspired to work towards a career he had little interest

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    and Future: Finding Life Through Nature William Wordsworth poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” was included as the last item in his Lyrical Ballads. The general meaning of the poem relates to his having lost the inspiration nature provided him in childhood. Nature seems to have made Wordsworth human.The significance of the abbey is Wordsworth’s love of nature. Tintern Abbey representes a safe haven for Wordsworth that perhaps symbolizes a everlasting connection

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    Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 30.2 (July 2004): 129-54. Wordsworth Studies and the Ethics of Criticism: The “Tintern Abbey” Debate Revisited Eric K. W. Yu National Chiao Tung University Abstract This paper raises important questions concerning the “ethics” of criticism with reference to Wordsworth scholarship. Reviewing the major critical approaches to Wordsworth’s canonical poem “Tintern Abbey‚” I explore their implications for doing literary criticism today. I begin with

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