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  • Essay / Compare and Contrast William Wordsworth and Tintern Abbey

    It has been five years since Wordsworth returned to Tintern Abbey, and in those five years Wordsworth may have grown from a young boy naive to a mature and experienced man. In town, Wordsworth thought back to Tintern Abbey and began to feel deeper sensations and connections with nature. He implies that these "also feelings of unforgettable pleasure" may have helped him become a wiser and better person simply by putting him in a better mood during his lonely days in the city. Because Wordsworth already felt this way about nature, returning to Tintern Abbey and getting away from the city was probably a closure that Wordsworth needed to realize his happiness, "Until the breath of this frame bodily, and even the movement of our human blood Almost suspended, we sleep in our body and become a living soul: while with an eye soothed by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see in the life of things", and the spiritual connection is infinite. Wordsworth speaks of nature as if it were a religion or linked to God, and for Wordsworth, nature takes the place of a divine form. is asked if his beliefs about his deep connection with nature had been misled, but he quickly recovers and is sure that he does not care and will continue to do so, "I have returned to you, O Sylvan Wye! You who wander in the woods, how often my spirit has returned to you,” whether his belief is valid or not. Wordsworth gains fruitfulness when he is part of nature in spirit, and this seems to be a source of endurance because "in this moment there is life and nourishment for years to come." Wordsworth is enlightened by nature and his understanding of the world is enhanced through this spiritual connection. Wordsworth looks at humanity and pities it