The Theme of Beauty and Emptiness in Wordsworth’s poem ’Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey’
Reading Wordsworth’s poem “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”, it is obvious that someone looking back and remembering what he once experienced differently. In the poem we can find two major themes represented: beauty, and emptiness. In this essay I will focus on beauty and emptiness. In several lines of the literary work Wordsworth talks regarding beauty or refers to one thing that would be seen as lovely.
“These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a sweet inland murmur” (lines 3-4).
He begins the poem with talking about his return to Tintern. Right from the start we get an attractive image that additionally ties in together with his yearning of this excellent place because he has such a vivid image of what the place was once he was last there.
“That on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect
The landscape with the quiet of the sky. ” (lines 6-8)
He then continues to speak regarding the seclusion of the area and also the quiet sky connecting with …show more content…
If we go back to this part and read it again, but this time through Wordsworth’s adult view it can be interpreted in a way that the quiet sky and seclusion mean something that has less to do with beautifulness and more with the emptiness; it could mean the absence of life and the seclusion from the world. It is very much possible that after seeing this duality of the poem, we can draw the conclusion that there are actually two poems were written in one. On is from the child’s point of view, and the other one is from the now adult poet’s point of view. This also shows the genius of the poet, because if a younger reader reads the poem, for them it could be interpreted as a poem about beautiful things, while for an older reader it could represent the
Reading Wordsworth’s poem “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”, it is obvious that someone looking back and remembering what he once experienced differently. In the poem we can find two major themes represented: beauty, and emptiness. In this essay I will focus on beauty and emptiness. In several lines of the literary work Wordsworth talks regarding beauty or refers to one thing that would be seen as lovely.
“These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a sweet inland murmur” (lines 3-4).
He begins the poem with talking about his return to Tintern. Right from the start we get an attractive image that additionally ties in together with his yearning of this excellent place because he has such a vivid image of what the place was once he was last there.
“That on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect
The landscape with the quiet of the sky. ” (lines 6-8)
He then continues to speak regarding the seclusion of the area and also the quiet sky connecting with …show more content…
If we go back to this part and read it again, but this time through Wordsworth’s adult view it can be interpreted in a way that the quiet sky and seclusion mean something that has less to do with beautifulness and more with the emptiness; it could mean the absence of life and the seclusion from the world. It is very much possible that after seeing this duality of the poem, we can draw the conclusion that there are actually two poems were written in one. On is from the child’s point of view, and the other one is from the now adult poet’s point of view. This also shows the genius of the poet, because if a younger reader reads the poem, for them it could be interpreted as a poem about beautiful things, while for an older reader it could represent the