Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey written by Williams Wordsworth is a very well known poem. Being a Generation one poet Wordsworth is also compared with Robert Burns and William Blake, all of whom were extremely acknowledge as brilliant men in their writings. Just as Robert Burns does in his poetry William Wordsworth's takes simple ideas and moves to more complex ideas. In the introduction to Tintern Abbey Wordsworth is traveling to an old medieval church that he had visited five years before, this time he has brought his sister Dorothy. What Wordsworth sees compels him to write this poem, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey. In his writing Wordsworth expresses three clear messages, the importance of Nature, the impact memories can have, and the influence our childhood had on us. …show more content…
In lines 6-8 of Tintern Abbey William Wordsworth pays tribute to Nature by saying this, “That on a secluded scene impress thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect the landscape to the quiet of the sky.” As seen in photographs this medieval church has beautiful green grass growing inside of it because the roof has eroded leaving everything completely open. Wordsworth continues to use extravagant words to signify his love and appreciation of what Nature has to offer. “Beautiful, benevolent, and soul restoring, nature waits for us to bring her home.” (Whittaker) is how Liam Whittaker indicated his regard for Nature. Wordsworth then continues to talk about the impress nature left on him as on his first venture to Tintern Abbey he allowed Nature to take him, leading him whatever was it