'I'd rather be / A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;' (10:TW) In the sonnet, he contrasts nature with the world of materialism. He implies that we are insensitive to the richness of nature, and that we may be forfeiting our souls. 'We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!' (4:TW) Like many other Romantic writers, Wordsworth sees in nature an emblem of God or the divine and his poetry often celebrates the beauty and spiritual values of the natural world...
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He implies that we are insensitive to the richness of nature, and that we may be forfeiting our souls. 'We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!' (4:TW) Like many other Romantic writers, Wordsworth sees in nature an emblem of God or the divine and his poetry often celebrates the beauty and spiritual values of the natural world...
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Tintern Abbey He describes the natural landscape as unchanged and he describes it in descending order of importance beginning with with the “lofty cliffs” (Line 5) dominantly overlooking the abbey...	4 / 1023
Tintern Abbey Wordsworth acted as if he had gained an inner peace and appreciation in nature that he unknowingly was searching for. Wordsworth stood on the cliff “not only with the sense of “present pleasure” (63) but he joyfully anticipated the moments “for future years” (65)...	4 / 865
Tintern Abbey Although he refers to the presence of man - vagrant dwellers or hermits - his connection is with the untouched splendor of the countryside. From his perspective, looking out on the verdant landscape, the speaker ties his connection with nature to the past...	3 / 835
Friendship in Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey But he can hear reconciliation coming just at the edge of hearing: he can spot the horizon of friendship. But no sooner does friendship appear in the poem than it is thwarted by these lines: Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! With some uncertain notice, as might seem Of vagrant dwellers in the houseless woods, Or of some Hermit's cave, where by his fire The Hermit sits alone...	4 / 975