![]() ![]() They still do, without any glass.īut the real action came the following morning when, over home-made preserves and scrambled eggs, we met Brennan Saddler, a young Wordsworth scholar from the US. Behind the remains of the inside walls are the cloisters and dormitories, where weary monks laid their heads after a hard day at work and prayer the soaring windows must have looked heavenly with stained glass. There are niches in the old stone walls, where books were once arranged. Established somewhere in the 1100s, it flourished till the mid-1500s, when Henry VIIII came along and brought with him the downfall of all such abbeys. I sat on a wooden bench and closed my eyes and, I promise you, I heard the rustle of the monks’ habits, the chanting of prayers and some clanging of vessels from the kitchens. Though open to the sky, it still retained its majesty. It was Dorothy who gave him support and Wordsworth very candidly says she is the heart and hinge of the life.The ruins of the Abbey were spectacular. She also plays a vital role in vigorating the sleeping poet who had got an inspiration for writing poetry. The poem concludes with the another influence that is his sister Dorothy whose love and affection became a source of inspiration for the poet. In a nutshell we can say that in “ Tintern Abbey” we find the development of the thought and the ideas of Wordsworth. His outlook towards nature and his development of ideas towards nature, all these are recorded in “ Tintern Abbey”. In “ Tintern Abbey” Wordsworth’s mental development of his outlook towards nature has been very vividly and clearly mentioned. Further he asserts that nature can fulfil our mind with the ideas of beauty and peace in such a way that he will be proof against all sadness. What is more, in “ Tintern Abbey” Wordsworth embodies his unshakable faith that nature does not betray the heart that loves her. Significantly Wordsworth‘s poetry was the outcome of the recollections of earlier emotions and no wonder “ Tintern Abbey” is the expressions of emotions recollected by the poet. The sweet sensations are the result of remembered pleasures but unremembered pleasures have also their impact and underlying influences. This belief is clearly brought out in “ Tintern Abbey”. These experiences constituted the spiritual traces, which the poet could use for restoring his peace of mind. Wordsworth believed that nature scenes, once observed would leave a deep and indelible imprint on the mind and heart. “ Tintern Abbey” expresses the central ideas in the Wordswortherian form of nature poetry. The development of a sense which is full of realisation of something obscurely experience all alone. In youth the poet found the visual delight in nature beauty that had no need of a remote Charm. When the coarser pleasure of boyish days and the glad animal movements passed away, nature became an object of absorbing interest to the poet. It was that stage that Wordsworth “like a roe (fish)…… bounded over the mountains by the side of the deep rivers and the lonely streams. As a child the poet’s response to nature was purely a physical one. ![]() The various stages through which he passed before he arrived at the mystical outlook of nature were the physical, the mental and the mural one. In ” Tintern Abbey” Wordsworth has expressed the gradual evolution of his moral thoughts and mystical outlook of nature. This seems true and more adequate that a wood in spring can teach us all about ethics. Wordsworth first relates his moral doctrine that the memory of this beautiful scene has restorative but has aroused unnoticed sensations of pleasure which have had kindness and love. This gives beam the significance that the landscape has had a great impact even after the long interval. The occasion of this poem “ Tintern Abbey” is visit to the Wye, which had already visited five years before. According to him nature is alive and it is present everywhere and in every object. His originality lies in his attitude towards nature. For Wordsworth, nature is not inanimate rather it is a living organic. His treatment of nature is original and unique. It was a necessity of his being like that of the Mulberry leaf to the silkworm and through his commerce with nature did he love and breath. It has been rightly said that Wordsworth had his passion for nature in his blood. He looked at nature from an original angle and loved her with a devotion that is hither to remembered. ![]() “ Tintern Abbey” is one of the memorable poems of William Wordsworth, a great poet of nature and men. ![]()
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