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Kannon Teekah Dr. Nicholson Eng. 232. 1005 25 November 2013 The Understanding of the Sublime The sublime experience is one of greatness. It is of such excellence, grandeur, and beauty that it inspires great admiration and awe. In the poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth and the poem “Mont Blanc” by Percy Shelley, both authors address the sublime state of mind. They address a great reverence for the beauty of nature, and they feel closely connected to nature’s power. In Wordsworth poem, one can truly identify the intense imagery that brings the poem to life. The opening of the poems imagery is so vivid that you almost feel that you are seeing the beautiful nature from his eyes. You can identify the bond with all the poems because they question the significance of the interchange between nature and the human mind. However, though they almost all address the same message, the main ways they address the sublime experience varies. The poem “Tintern Abbey” by Wordsworth is a complex poem, addressing memory, mortality, faith in nature, and love. Wordsworth opens the poem by telling the reader that it has been five years since he has been to this place a few miles from the abbey. Wordsworth emphasizes the act of returning by making constant use of repetition: "Five years have passed; five summers, with the length / Of five long winters! and again I hear / These waters..." (Wordsworth 351). He also uses the phrase "once again" in order to introduce the natural beauty of the Wye River area. Wordsworth opening words are very important because he wants to get the beauty of the imagery across. He wants to acknowledge that this beauty is timeless because even though he has not seen it in five years, his memories of the scene inspired and sustained him over that time period. In the second stanza, Wordsworth tells his readers that his first

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