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Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth

"The speaker of this exploratory poem opens by modestly insisting no more than he can easily document: his presence, the scene, the time elapse since his last visit" (Heath). Tintern Abbey has been written as if he can revision it from the first time. William Wordsworth was young and thoughtless when he first came to Tintern Abbey. Unaware of the changes that nature and humanity creates his memories never changes. William Wordsworth also burden to the thought that he is a human and he needs to be responsible to his needs and necessity as man. .
             In the year of 1793, William Wordsworth has visited Tintern Abbey once and on his first trip to Tintern Abbey he felt "sensations sweet felt in the blood" when he was in the "lonely rooms" of the city. He explains that these "feelings/of unremembered pleasure" has once helped him to be a better person. "Tintern Abbey seeks to move beyond the traditional binaries of mind and nature" (Hadley). William begins conveying nature and how nature represents the strengths and comfort of man. William also expresses Tintern Abbey as a religion and speaks of nature as an appreciation for Gods creations. William then recites very emotionally, objects he has seen once again and realizes that he too has gotten older along with his memories of Tintern Abbey. "Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect" (Wordsworth). .
             The sweet sensations William experience in this poem are feelings for when he turns his attention from outside of himself to inside his memories. He writes as if he is expressing long thoughts of his own consciousness. The poem can be used as an autobiography because Wordsworth continues to use the word "I" in the poem as if he himself is expressing his thoughts and feelings. Wordsworth gives us a vision on how he seen nature now that he had returned compared to what he saw 5 years ago.


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