A Literary Analysis Of Three Romantic Elements In Tintern Abbey

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Many times in life, people go through a time where they visit somewhere special that they will never forget. In my personal experience, I used to live in California, so now whenever I go back to visit, all these memories come back to me about my childhood. In William Wordsworth’s poem, “Tintern Abbey,” he speaks of his visit to a place that he had been before, and all the different things that he felt and remembered when he returned. “Five years have past; five summers, with the length of five long winters!” (Pg. 781 Lines 1-2). This quote from “Tintern Abbey” talks about how it had been five years since his last visit. According to Thomas, Tintern Abbey is a real place, and is located in southeast Wales. This was Wordsworth’s favorite place to visit, as he talks about in his poem. In “Tintern Abbey,” there are three romantic elements, including nature, memory, and transformation.
Initially, Wordsworth uses nature as a romantic element in his poem. Wordsworth states many time in his poem about the nature that he sees at the abbey he is visiting again. “Once again do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, that on a wild secluded scene impress” (Pg. 781 Lines 4-6). According to Stevenson, Wordsworth personifies nature as a women who fills his head with lofty thoughts while he pauses to reflect, confronted by the natural splendor of a particular scene; this careful introspection teaches him about himself and the world around him. Nature plays a big part in Wordsworth’s poem, because he is a Romanticism writer, he puts his focus on nature because he believes that it is one of, if not the most important things in life. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, romanticism can be defined as, “a style of art, literature, etc., during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that emphasized the imagination and emotions.” This means that Wordsworth is a romanticist, especially for using the element of nature.
Wordsworth also uses memory as a romantic element in “Tintern Abbey.” According to Furr, “Wordsworth attempts to make sense of the changes he has undergone, and, in the process, he offers...

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