Interpreting Tintern Abbey

Interpreting “Tintern Abbey” William Wordsworth existed in a time when society and its functions were beginning to rapidly pick up. The poem that he “Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye…” gave him a chance to reflect upon his quick paced life by taking a moment to slow down and absorb the beauty of nature that allows one to “see into the life of things”. Wordsworth’s “Tintern …

…through his own perception and knowledge. He had found a way to comfort himself; he had found a basis for hope in “Tintern Abbey”. Wordsworth had become more thoughtful and saw the abbey in a different way than in his youth. He had learned how to appreciate things and wanted to encourage those values in his sister. Wordsworth had found the true comfort in nature and had included that respect for nature in his life.