Please respond to one of the following questions:
–In what sense does “Tintern Abbey” offer readers a “religion of nature”? What are some of the specific ways in which nature works as a substitute for traditional religion?
–Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full titile?
–In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
–“Composed upon Westminster Bridge” and “The World Is Too Much with Us” are both sonnets. Why do you think a poet might choose to work with such a highly structured form?
–Describe some of the ways in which Wordsworth’s poetry conforms to some of the features of Romanticism that we’ve discussed. What evidence can you find to illustrate this?
1. In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
-In the poem “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker refers to his sister as a beloved friend. In contrast to him, the speaker’s sister is seeing this lovely, remote valley for the first time. The speaker evokes a sense of melancholy throughout the poem, but he also discovers that returning to this meadow increased his respect for the natural world. The speaker’s sister plays a vital role in his return since he can identify with her wonderment while on the meadow. Because he is seeing nature for the second time, the person not only enjoys it more, but it also provides him with a particular opportunity to spend time with a beloved one.
2.Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full titile?
– There are numerous important components to Wordsworth’s poem. The first is that it pinpoints the precise place and moment Wordsworth felt moved to compose the poem. He is depicted as standing on a high platform and gazing down at the abandoned ruins in the first portion of the title. He describes being at a lake while on one of his walking expeditions in the second section. The title also indicates that he has previously visited the location and that he is returning to honor the happy memories that have sustained him for the past five years. This title demonstrates that the author of this piece has a distinct viewpoint from the William Wordsworth who wrote it five years earlier, both literally and symbolically.
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1. In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem? In the poem the friend the speaker is referring to is his younger sister. The sister acts almost like a mirror in the poem. When the speaker looks at his sisters reaction to nature , it reminds him of his younger self. The same look of intrigue and interest is seen on his sisters face. She looks at the place as a fun play land and the speaker thinks to himself that one day she will grow up and look at this place just as he does now. A place where god lives within and is all around.
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend, and what role does he/she play in the poem?
At the final of “Tinter Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend” as his sister in the poem. His sister’s role in the poem is remembering his childhood in the place and trying to explain to his sister their memory, which will always be in the area. Whenever they feel like coming, they will always find their memories.
Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full titile?
-I think the author tries to show the reader with such a precise and detailed title how important this place and this poem are to him. Embracing the meaning of revisiting and also giving the exact date in the title, as if it were a diary in which he writes his poems, thoughts, and experiences. The significance of this poem’s full title is the importance of reliving our memories and most crucial moments in life. In this case, revisiting Tintern Abbey for Wordsworth was very important in giving this sense of nostalgia and loss to the poem, while at the same time, the text explores the natural world and its transcendence, while demonstrating the poetic characteristics of a dramatic monologue and an ode.
I like the comparison to a diary. I think it fits nicely with Wordsworth’s idea that poems are somewhat spontaneous and should be written using “natural” language.
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
The “dear friend” the speaker refers to in the final portion of “Tintern Abbey” is his sister. He makes this clean in line 121 where he states “My dear, dear Sister!” His sister serves as a reflection of a younger him. She exudes a sense of child-like wonder that makes him nostalgic. He notices the look on her face and compares it to himself, and states how one day she will look at this place with the same feeling he is.
Yes, what I like about this part of the poem is that it encapsulates past, present, and future in a single moment.
Describe some of the ways in which Wordsworth’s poetry conforms to some of the features of Romanticism that we’ve discussed. What evidence can you find to illustrate this?
In Wordsworth’s poem “Tintern Abbey”, he gets a sense of nostalgia from revisiting the nature near Tintern Abbey and has a feeling of maturing up since the time he first went to this place as a kid. This idealization of childhood is also a feature of Romanticism, he remembers how alive and energetic he used to feel when he first visited. Another feature I can think about in Tentern Abbey is the uniqueness of the individual. Wordsworth keeps revisiting this untouched nature other than dwellers and hermits, which isn’t something that a normal person will do, but he finds this sense of peace and calmness in a way whenever he revisits.
In what sense does “Tintern Abbey” offer readers a “religion of nature”? What are some of the specific ways in which nature works as a substitute for traditional religion?
I interpret a religion of nature or pantheism in “Tintern Abbey” with how there is “a presence that disturbs me with great joy” which is said to be found in “the blue sky and in the mind of man” among other examples. The poem describes things that may be unrelated to each other as connected through this “presence”(Wordsworth 94,100). I interpret this presence as God being the connector of all the things described. Personally, I wouldn’t see any other interpretation of how a number of natural phenomenas are connected without some divine intervention in the 17th century.
Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full title?
I think Wordsworth gives such title because he mentioned how poetry comes from a “spontaneous” euphoric moment and he is detailing it exactly how he remembers. Moreover, it makes me believe that the title shows how personal and important the place means to him since it is so specific. Following this further, the significance of this poem’s full title is to place a memory with the addition of the date. Since romanticism was filled with a sense of nostalgia Wordsworth felt the need to create such title so when he looks back at it years from that moment he’ll know exactly how he felt.
I like your suggestion about the title evoking a nostalgic memory for Wordsworth!
Describe some of the ways in which Wordsworth’s poetry conforms to some of the features of Romanticism that we’ve discussed. What evidence can you find to illustrate this?
In Wondsworth’s poerty there was a sense of nostaglia, as he was reminded of his first time visting the Tintern Abbey, as “of thoughtless youth”. Which also connects to the idealization of childhood, as he recalled how beatiful nature was back then to him as a child, but now as an adult he felt sadden by it. A common theme is the three of his poem is nature it is connection made back to god. In one of his poem “The World is Too Much wtih Us”, when his said “we lay waste our powers: little we see in nature”, I believe he is talking about the skepticism whether things are going to be better in the future due to our lack of care for nature.
Yes, I think that in “The World is Too Much with Us” our focus on gaining material wealth distracts us from the beauty and power of the natural world.
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
The “dear friend” is the speaker’s younger sister. The main role that she plays in this poem is a reflection of his past self. He realizes how alike they are, and he hopes that one day she will grow up to appreciate nature in the way he does. She will reminisce her past as he does and realize that God is everywhere and in everything.
In what sense does “Tintern Abbey” offer readers a “religion of nature”? What are some of the specific ways in which nature works as a substitute for traditional religion?
The idea of a “religion of nature” is presented within Tintern Abbey through the idea that God is present in everything. The way that nature can act as a substitute for traditional religion is the element of surprise and mystery that it possesses. There are so many aspects of nature that are hard to understand completely, and that can develop a certain admiration of the unknown. In addition, there are so many ways throughout history that inventors have been inspired by nature in their own creations, like the light bulb for instance. Despite this, it has never been possible to replicate anything in nature perfectly. This makes it so that many see nature as superior and incomprehensible to humans. Finally, is the aspect of its beauty, comparable only to that of a higher power.
Thanks for this thoughtful response!
Describe some of the ways in which Wordsworth’s poetry conforms to some of the features of Romanticism that we’ve discussed. What evidence can you find to illustrate this?
From my understanding of romanticism, it has to do with a sense of heavy emotions and feelings. Throughout Wordsworth’s poetry, he explains his experience while revisiting Tintern Abbey for the second time and while reflecting on the place. He recounts the nostalgia throughout the poem and how, when he first went, it made him feel extremely alive. He also conveys throughout the poem how he thought the place, particularly its nature, was lovely, yet he thinks differently about it when he returns. This is all a sense of romanticism since he remembers a time when he was there before and he is reflecting on how it is different to him now.
I don’t think Romanticism needs to have a “heaviness”, but the emphasis on feelings and emotion is a critical part of the Romantic perspective – as is the subjective experience of the individual.
– “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” and “The World Is Too Much with Us” are both sonnets. Why do you think a poet might choose to work with such a highly structured form?
I believe Willaim Wordsworth chose to write his poems “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” and “The World Is Too Much with Us” as sonnets because he wanted to convey how strongly he was feeling about this idea of nature’s beauty and how we can’t take it for granted. Sonnets need to follow a precise structure of 14 lines that follow iambic pentameter and rhyme and have a strong idea. I suppose writing sonnets take careful planning about what words to use and take up time as well. So when Wordsworth is writing these poems as sonnets, I think it’s showing how much he’s thought about his idea and how personal it feels to him that we would write about it through such a structured form. In addition, I think sonnets have a certain beauty to them because at first glance at the poem you don’t really notice the different aspects that make it a sonnet. But once you take your time with it and dissect it, the picture becomes clear and you can see how much effort was put into writing a sonnet. I think this is similar to the way that Wordsworth talks about nature, how humanity is able to easily walk by nature without acknowledging it and is too absorbed with the material world to notice. But Wordsworth is able to pick apart the different things that make nature beautiful and would give up everything just to be able to yearn for nature’s beauty.
I love the comparison you make between the quiet beauty of a sonnet and that of nature!
–In what sense does “Tintern Abbey” offer readers a “religion of nature”? What are some of the specific ways in which nature works as a substitute for traditional religion?
“Tintern Abbey” offers readers a “religion of nature” by descriptively getting in-depth on how he becomes one with nature. Not only will nature keep him calm, but it also makes him live stunning reminiscences he’s had. He states, “The day is come when I again repose Here, under this dark sycamore, and view These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts…” reminiscing on his memories out in the wild (9-11). it’s one thing to believe that brings happiness and tranquility from inside, like the trees and the breeze that mixes all the scents to create the woods. A number of the precise ways in which nature works as a substitute for ancient faith ar how he tells his sister that once his time comes, she ought to look towards the places they traveled through, like the stream, woods, cliffs, and landscapes. He was additionally a firm “worshipper of nature” and every one the remedies it had to supply for the soul and hope for his sister.
Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full title?
I think Wordsworth give the text such a precise and detailed subtitle in order to foreshadow how he’s remembering an old memory that took place at a specific time and place. The poem’s full title is significant because it let us know and understand what the author will be writing about with context in the title.
–In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey”, the speaker turns to his “dear friend” which happens to be his sister Dorothy. The speaker ponders about the time he had spent with her. Dorothy represents the fast self and the future self of the speaker. Dorothy is the reason why he feels connected to the nature and is able to see it as whole instead of just being grateful about five years ago. Dorothy is the reason why the speaker feels sane opposed to everyone else.
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
The person that speaker refers to as his dear friend would be his sister. She plays the role of self reflection. He sees himself in her and he think that she hill follow in his steps. she is doing the same thing that he did when he was younger and he hopes that she may look back at the forest and feel the same way he did.
I like your idea about “self reflection” here!
In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
The dear friend that Tintern turns to at the end is his sister. His sister is how Tintern can feels connected to the past. He sees how his sister feels about nature, she is mesmerized, just as he was the first time he saw nature. Through his sister, Tintern got a good strong dose of nostalgia and strengthening his attachment to nature.
Q: Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full title?
A: With how precise Wordsworth wrote the sub-title, it’s likely he treated it as a diary entry, you know how people list the date of their entry? Additionally, Wordsworth enjoyed going on long walks and felt poetry was “The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. He probably felt that at that moment he was in Tintern Abbey, he had this sudden burst of emotion and decided to write about it.
– Why do you think Wordsworth gives “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed sub-title? What is the significance of this poem’s full title?
– I think that William Wordsworth gave “Tintern Abbey” such a precise and detailed subtitle because once you start to read, it really makes you understand the person in the story a bit more, it’s like you’re “putting yourself” in their shoes. It’s like it makes you know this person on a more deeper level, than just giving a basic description, because easily, Wordsworth could’ve just said how they’re transmitted this feeling of tranquility when near nature. But no, instead we get this detailed explanation. I personally enjoyed this because it reminded me of myself.
1. In the final portion of “Tintern Abbey,” the speaker turns to his “dear friend.” Who is this friend and what role does he/she play in the poem?
In the last lines of “Tintern Abbey,” by William Wordsworth, the speaker turns to his “dear friend” and addresses them personally. The poet’s sister Dorothy Wordsworth is thought to be this friend’s identity. The speaker considers his earlier experiences and how they have influenced him. In the poem’s last section, he addresses his “dear buddy” personally and expresses his thanks and admiration for their support. This ally provides the speaker with motivation and encouragement, and their presence enables him to discover meaning and purpose in his life. They also play a crucial part in the poetry as a source of inspiration.