This statement concerning Wordsworth and Malouf's portrayals of the human presence in their respective texts is relatively true. The human interaction with the natural world is what primarily makes up one's understanding of nature, coming from a human perspective oneself. Being themselves human, William Wordsworth and David Malouf could not possibly help but place great importance on the human presence in and in the communication with nature. Wordsworth's emphasis of the importance of this human presence can be witnessed in the poems "Tintern Abbey" and "The Solitary Reaper" through the different relationships he dwelled upon between human beings and their natural environment. Malouf's novel focuses this same importance on the process of .
"Tintern Abbey", shows a few relationships with nature, including Wordsworth's longing, the childlike interaction with nature, his sister's relationship with nature as well as symbolically, mankind's interaction with its natural world, as a whole. The reference to himself as "A worshipper of nature" (Tintern Abbey, 152) shows how it is his role in nature that he considers of importance, rather than the nature itself. It is his view and his role in the natural world that Wordsworth conveys to the reader in his poem rather than a bland description of nature.
One of the main themes in "Tintern Abbey" is that of an appreciation for nature and a longing for communion with nature. The poem begins with a description of Wordsworth's longing for nature, this nature that he had not witnessed in so long, five whole years. This alludes to his interaction with the natural world, by emphasizing the longing or need for Wordsworth to connect with nature, and to be engrossed in it. This is a human perspective of the wild, as longing and need are parts of human nature. This need or longing of Wordsworth's is emphasised in:.
"These beauteous forms, .
Through a long absence, have not been to me.