Miles Above Tintern Abbey
THE SPIRTUAL COMFORT OF NATURE IN WILLIAMS WORDSORTH’S
“LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY”
The spirituality and influence of nature in William Wordsworth’s "Lines
Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," explains the impact of and comfort
provided by nature throughout his life. As Wordsworth grows older, he tries to share this
with his sister. Using the moon as a metaphor for his older (evening) stage in life, he tells
her “Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk;” It is as though he is
saying that if you are one with nature, you are never alone. Wordsworth shares with his
sister that even though he can no longer physically participate with the beauty of nature,
that his mature, …show more content…
Support Paragraph one about memories: "wild ecstacies shall be matures Into a sober pleasure";
Thy memory shall be a dwelling place for all sweet sounds and memories the absolute happiness and recollection of pleasant emotions
The speaker wants Dorothy to experience nature the way that William experienced it five years ago. He wants her to have the same "wild ecstasies" (138) that William did. That way, when Dorothy "mature[s]" (138) the way he did, her "pleasure" in nature will become "sober" (139), too – just like the speaker!
Just as the "beauteous forms" (22) stayed alive in the speaker's memory after William's boyish "bound[ing]" (68), so too will Dorothy's "mind" (139) become a "mansion for all lovely forms" (140). In other words, Dorothy's memory will be like a huge scrapbook of this visit, just as the speaker's memory was a scrapbook of his past visit five years ago.
Support Paragraph two maintain perspective and peace: " If Solitude, or fear, or pain, or
“LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY”
The spirituality and influence of nature in William Wordsworth’s "Lines
Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," explains the impact of and comfort
provided by nature throughout his life. As Wordsworth grows older, he tries to share this
with his sister. Using the moon as a metaphor for his older (evening) stage in life, he tells
her “Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk;” It is as though he is
saying that if you are one with nature, you are never alone. Wordsworth shares with his
sister that even though he can no longer physically participate with the beauty of nature,
that his mature, …show more content…
Support Paragraph one about memories: "wild ecstacies shall be matures Into a sober pleasure";
Thy memory shall be a dwelling place for all sweet sounds and memories the absolute happiness and recollection of pleasant emotions
The speaker wants Dorothy to experience nature the way that William experienced it five years ago. He wants her to have the same "wild ecstasies" (138) that William did. That way, when Dorothy "mature[s]" (138) the way he did, her "pleasure" in nature will become "sober" (139), too – just like the speaker!
Just as the "beauteous forms" (22) stayed alive in the speaker's memory after William's boyish "bound[ing]" (68), so too will Dorothy's "mind" (139) become a "mansion for all lovely forms" (140). In other words, Dorothy's memory will be like a huge scrapbook of this visit, just as the speaker's memory was a scrapbook of his past visit five years ago.
Support Paragraph two maintain perspective and peace: " If Solitude, or fear, or pain, or