The Romanticism

The Romanticism

WilliamWordsworth

Who is Wordsworth?

"Tintern Abbey"

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the most important poet of the English Romanticism.

Is a cultural movement (XIX-XX) which gives priority to feelings. It was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.

The Romaticism

The Journey of Life, Thomas Cole

"Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is one of Wordworth's most famous poems. It was written after a walking tour with his sister in this section of the Welsh Borders.

Poem

"Tintern Abbey"

Analysis

The theme of "Tintern Abbey" is the nature of the place which also is the name of the poem.

• Sensitivity, feelings, and spontaneity predominate in all of poems of this century.

• Is the natural world truly a place of innocence?

Questions

No, it’s ruled by the law of the stronger.

• Do you think Wordsworth could have written Tintern Abbey as an old man?

No, because it's written with the thinking of a child who sees the world with other eyes.

• Is this the work of youth?

• The important of nature higher that art.

This poem belongs to English Romanticism, so it presents characteristics of that movement, like:

• Preference of subjectivity instead of objectivity.

Yes, but a youth who sees his place of when he was a kid at a different way.

• Maturity?

Yes, the text have maturity, because is write in a philosophical way. Also he talk about darkness and sadness.

• “The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”. What do you think this phrase mean?

We think this refers to the multiples feelings when he come back to her childhood place and see a sadness landscape of what he remember like a beautiful place.

Made by:

Iker Durán, Laura Berrío, Rodrigo Gonzalo