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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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