The Dynamic Distance In Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey

Register to read the introduction… One of the emotions portrayed in the poem is a form of nostalgia, however, in a more weighty sense. The weight of his emotions is a consequence of the immense and dynamic distance he employs to convey his emotions. Distance can be dynamic by its relation to perspective. Wordsworth’s distance incorporates not only distance by his recollection, but also distance as an individual from general humanity, distance from his youth, and his personal relationship with his observations of nature, which he closes the distance with in his search of the individual and his humanity. Hartman dictates that Wordsworth “[sense] his mortality-that nature can no longer renew his genial spirits-(he) continues to go out of himself and towards nature (27).” Thus, the poet’s emotional response is to further and further seek nature. The dynamic distance between his memories and his present reflection gives Wordsworth evokes his emotional response to his humanity, and thus the vow he delivers to his sister. Distance used in this poem is the prevalent subject, as it is synonymous with Wordsworth’s memories, and thus the core of Wordsworth’s romantic writing style and …show more content…
However, the poem is more than just a romantic poem, but an exceptional representation of the romantic ideals of the Romantic Period. Wordsworth’s poetry defined the romantic period and influenced others through his deep connection in emotion, nature, and imagination which he used as effective tools in an exploration of humanity and memory, in hopes to reveal the true temperament of the human individual, or the search for the definitive nature, man, and so goes the quest of the romantics, and their focus on the individual; and thus “Nature will not stop writing” (Bloom