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ntroduction: Tintern AbbeyTintern Abbey is located in Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire Wye Valley. It was

found in 1131 by the Cistercian order. The monastery came to its end durin the 1!3"

by #irst $uppression Act of %in &enry VIII. The monastery was disbanded and all its

oods became property of the state.

Introduction to the 'omantic (eriod

)nland and *ermany made up the stronest component of the 'omantic Mo+ement.

The period started in 1- mar/ed by the publication ofLyrical Balladsby Wordsworth

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and Coleride and ended in 130 with the &ymns to the iht by o+alis. The early

part of this mo+ement is also coincides with the American 21776 and #rench 21-

re+olutions and the Industrial 'e+olutions, which had a reat influence o+er this period

2'omanticism. The /ey elements of 'omantic poetry are4

5awe of nature and the supernatural

5a+ersion to urban life and6 or industriali7ation

5spontaneous and free nature 2not prescribin to the classic rules of poetry

5the importance of the indi+idual and the ordinary

William Wordsworth 2 April 18 9 03 April 1!8

:Tintern Abbey; notes

5William Wordsworth was a maorothy 2Cantor, 088. The poem main themes are memories, mortality and familial

lo+e.

#irst stan7a

5Wordsworth uses the repetition of ?fi+e years@, ?fi+e summers@ and ?fi+e lon

winters@ to emphasi7e the lapse of time since his last +isit. This repetition seems

to point to reret, or to lonin o re+isit this site.

>urin the time of his absence, the abbey seems to ha+e remained unchaned.

In the description of the abbey, there is a mi of the wild 2e..4 the wood run

wild and of tamed nature 2e..4 pastoral farms

$hows the solitary nature of the woods 2the hermit sits alone

(aints a picture of people communin with nature 2 +arant dwellers in the

houseless woods

$econd $tan7a

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The arrator departs from spea/in of the present moment to describe how the

memory of the abbey has helped him sur+i+e the :lonely rooms; and :towns

and cities.

Bine 34 ature is described in a reliious6 spiritual way usin +ocabulary

related to spirituality.

Bines 3-=1 concern the $upernatural and mysteries that are /ey to the

'omantic period.

Bines =!8 suest a bond with nature that will be with the narrator till his

death.

Third $tan7a

Bines !"=! The narrator personifies nature and addresses it by the name of thelocal ri+er 2Wye.

'eturns to the present.

Bines !-="1. &e starts to epress doubt about the meanin of his relationship

with nature.

#ourth $tan7a

Bines 0=!. &e spea/s of the inspiration he recei+ed from nature when he was

youner.

Bines -=-. The narrator spea/s of his present mature self, which is more

sophisticated, but, at the same time, is troubled by the burden placed on him

due to his new awareness +ersus the freedom he en

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