“Tintern Abbey”
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Nature Poetry of Romantic
Period
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Treats rustic/natural subject matter
with high seriousness |
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Antithetical to Enlightenment emphasis
on human civilization |
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Rooted in 17th and 18th
century art, landscaping, and tourism |
Landscape Painting
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Landscaping and Gardening
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Tourism
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Romantic Aesthetics
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Beautiful |
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Calm, soothing, pleasant, secure |
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Sublime |
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Awe-inspiring, mysterious, terrible,
infinite/eternal |
Slide 15
“Tintern Abbey”
What features of the
natural landscape does the speaker describe?
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“Beautiful” features |
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Line 4— “soft inland murmur” |
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Line 8— “quiet of the sky” |
What features of the
natural landscape does the speaker describe?
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“Beautiful” features |
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Lines 10-14— speaker “reposes” in an
orchard on “cottage plots” |
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Line 16— “pastoral farms” |
What features of the
natural landscape does the speaker describe?
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“Sublime” features |
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Line 3—“rolling from their mountain
springs” |
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Lines 5-8— “steep and lofty cliffs” of
the “wild secluded scene” |
What features of the
natural landscape does the speaker describe?
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“Sublime” features |
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Line 14— orchard trees “lose themselves
’Mid groves and copses” |
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Line 16— hedgerows are “sportive” and
“run wild” |
What features of the
natural landscape does the speaker describe?
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“Sublime” features |
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Line 17— “wreaths of smoke . . . among
the trees” |
Who is the speaker of the
poem?
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Persona who narrates the poem |
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Wordsworth himself |
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Meditates on personal experience as
tourist |
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Examines emotional impact of memories
of Tintern Abbey |
How did memories of
nature affect the speaker?
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“Beautiful” effects |
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Lines 22-30—Provided emotional comfort
and tranquility |
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Antidote to the “din” of urban settings |
How did memories of
nature affect the speaker?
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“Beautiful” effects |
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Lines 30-35—Built moral character |
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Inspired “acts of kindness and of love” |
How did memories of
nature affect the speaker?
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“Sublime” effects |
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Lines 35-45—Gave insight into spiritual
meaning of life |
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We “become a living soul” and “see into
the life of things” |
What is the speaker’s
transformation?
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Lines 58-93—Speaker traces
transformation |
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“Boyish days”—thoughtless enjoyment of
nature |
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Maturity—recognizes nature’s moral and
spiritual power |
Who is the speaker’s
companion?
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Lines 114-115—Speaker addresses
companion |
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His “dearest friend” |
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His younger sister, Dorothy Wordsworth |
What does the speaker see
in his companion’s response to nature?
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Lines 116-121—Speaker analyzes
companion’s response |
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Image of his former youthful self |
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Future repetition of his relationship
to nature |
What does the speaker see
in his companion’s response to nature?
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Lines 121-conclusion—Speaker predicts
companion’s future relationship to nature |
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Memories of nature will sustain her in
times of trouble |
What is the relationship
of humanity to nature?
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Humanity’s perception of nature
provides |
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Comfort |
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Moral guidance |
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Spiritual insight |