William Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey
As students, we are taught that William Wordsworth's basic tenets of
poetry are succinct: the use of common language as a medium, common man as
a subject, and organic form as an inherent style. Yet beyond these
rudimentary teachings, it should be considered that it was the intimacy
with nature that was imperative to the realization of Wordsworth's goals
set forth in the "Preface" to Lyrical Ballads. In his "Preface,"
Wordsworth states, "Poetry is the image of man and nature" (Norton 247). A
study of "Tintern Abbey," the intended finale and last impression of the
Lyrical Ballads, reveals Wordsworth's conviction that the role of nature
is the force and connection that binds mankind not only to the past and
the future, but to other human beings as well. Regardless of the language
employed, the subject used, or the method of delivery, it was the primal
connection with nature that fueled Wordsworth's poetic genius.
Wordsworth begins the journey into "Tintern Abbey" by taking the reader
from the height of a mountain stream down into the valley where the poet
sits under a sycamore...
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... together even after his death.
Over two hundred years after it was written, "Tintern Abbey" continues to
uphold the essence of William Wordsworth's beliefs and continues to touch
the emotions of its readers. Even though, here in the twenty-first
century, the term real-world has a connotation of life in the fast-lane,
the real world - the natural world - of Wordsworth's time still holds a
place of eminence both in literature and in the hearts of its readers.
Certainly, Wordsworth would be pleased to see how very far into the future
his vision has endured.
For many the Cathedral is seen to indicate the grandeur and control of the Normans, who were able to build such monuments to their power despite having only recently conquered England. The precarious situation of being an recently instated alien power was even more pronounced in the north, where even the Anglo Saxon Kings had only had a superficial hold, arguably making the construction of Durham “one of the greatest Anglo-Norman achievements”. This so-called achievement is not restricted to architecture but also refers to the political developments which enabled the Normans to apparently gain enough control to do this within 30 years. However the study of Durham Cathedral alone cannot suffice to give a satisfactory outline of Norman politics and the achievements in Durham and must be put into the context of the region. Hence Durham Cathedral and all its powerful connotations can be argued to only be an anomaly to the reality of Norman England and its politics.
A Comparison of November, 1806 (Wordsworth) to the Men of Kent (Wordsworth), Drummer Hodge (Hardy), and The Charge of the Light Brigade (Lord Alfred Tennyson)
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