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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
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