Tintern Abbey

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Ways that Tintern Abbey is from the Romantic time Period
(Tintern Abbey in Romanticism)
William Wordsworth wrote the poem Tintern Abbey in 1798 during his second visit to the valley of the River Wye and ruins of Tintern Abbey, it was once a great medieval church, in Wales. This time that he went he brought his younger sister to share the experience. According to Jeffery Thomas’s website Tintern Abbey, he states that, “Tintern Abbey is one of the greatest mosaic ruins of Wales.” Tintern Abbey is a very beautiful place and it is amazing that after all this time some pieces are still standing. William Wordsworth loved to visit Tintern Abbey and would would often remember back to his times there when he was having toubles in life. In the poem, Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth states some things that characterize that it is infact a poem of the romantisim period the indicates are; Nature, Old people can learn from the young, and simples ideas can help understand complicated ideas.

To begin, Wordsworth appreciated the Nature in the world, revealing why he capitalizes nature in the poem. He reveals that many people will just look past nature as a whole, and not really see the beauty in it. He also connects the idea of the two boxes, in one box is the beauty of nature, in the other is the energy that nature has. In the first stanza he explains all the things he loves about this place. He uses his five senses to get the whole feel; taste, smell, touch, hear, and see. In lines 5-9 he says, “Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, which on a wild secluded scene impress thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect the landscape with the quiet of the sky. The day is come when I again repose.” These lines can almost make you feel like you are there...

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...im feel full again, filled with love and happiness. In the Romanticism time the idea of choosing to be happy was just erupting and people were amazed that it is up to you to be happy or sad. According to the website the Romantic era is states, “Romanticism stresses on self-expression and individual uniqueness that does not lend itself to precise definition.”

To conclude, Wordsworth wrote some great poems that really show the romanticism period. He brought forth the idea of Nature, old people learning from the young and simple answers to complex questions. Wordsworth was a great writer of his time and the poem Tintern Abbey defiantly has some important qualities. Just a quick fact from a article called Romanticism, “Romanticism has very little to do with things popularly thought of as "romantic," although love may occasionally be the subject of Romantic art.”

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