Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, authored by William Wordsworth, is a 160 line poem. Written in 1798, this poem reflects upon William Wordsworth’s second visit to the valley of the River Wye and the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Mainly, the poem is about how the poet describes what he hears and sees again five years after he last visited this scene. He describes things that be both sees in real life and things he imagines were there, however this time he is accompanied by his sister. More specifically, in lines 25-35 he focuses on his true memories of the ruins; how he remembers the peaceful scenes and escapes nature has to offer while being in a crowded city. Firstly, William has quite a strong and positive connection with nature. Whenever William got stressed out or needed an escape, he would rely on nature for that. He often felt comforted by his memory of those "beauteous forms" when he was "lonely" or cooped up in the “din,” of "towns and cities,” (25-26). Once again, after a long day of slaving at work hiss mind was exhausted, as well as his body. He describes this feelings of

One theme of romantic poetry is nature. Nature is built into William’s mind; he relies on it as his sweet escape, to rejuvenate him. Furthermore, another theme of Romantic poetry is imagination. He describes in lines 27-29 how he feels sensations in his blood and heart, even in his mind, as a result of nature. Obviously, nature does not give a person a tangible feeling in their heart or blood, leaving the fact that he imagines this into a perceived reality. Additionally, it incorporates the Romantic theme of sublimity. The theme of sublimity is all about the sensatioanl experiences, which William has with nature, “sensations sweet, felt in the blood, and in the heart; And passing even into my purer mind,” (27-29) is just one example of how nature effects