Analysis Of "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"

Poem Analysis :.

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey is about William Wordsworth, and his longing to return to this special place a few miles above Tintern Abbey which he absolutely adores. We can see he has been away from this place for five years, and he always thinks about this magical place with its steep lofty cliffs and its beautiful scenery. He loves the mountain cliffs and springs. He loves the quiet, it gives him a chance to stop and think; seclusion.

In the first stanza, Wordsworth talks about how 5 years have passed since he visited this magical place. He longs to visit the waters from the mountain springs, to hear their soft inland murmur. He wants to see the steep and lofty cliffs that rise up from the ground. He talks about how the day has come when he will return to this wonderful spot. He loves the way that the cottages are, "Mid groves and copses; these pastoral farms, green to the very door." He loves the way that the greenery goes up to the very doors of the little cottages, and also the way that the wreaths of smoke from the fires in the cottages are sent up in silence from among the trees.

William then goes on in the second stanza to explain how he has longed to return to this place. He has had a long absence from these 'beauteous forms'. He says how amidst the stress and noise of towns and cities, in hours of weariness, he has only to think about this wonderful place, and he is immediately refreshed.

The third stanza is about how his heart is lightened with the thoughts of this place. He talks about how when he thinks about this place, all the weary weight of this unintelligible world is lifted from him. He is being lead by his affections for this place, and it is affecting how he thinks and acts.

He then talks in the fourth stanza about how this place is like daylight in the darkness of the world. When he can stand the world no longer, he turns his thought to the place he loves. He talks about how he often turns his spirit to this wondrous place, and the repetition of 'spirit; turned to thee' emphasises that this beautiful area is incredibly important to him, it always refreshes him.

The fifth stanza is talks about the pleasures he had when he went there, the pictures his mind revives in times of sadness. He came over the hills, and bounded over the mountains. By the sides of the deep rivers and the lonely streams, wherever nature led him. This shows that this young man is entranced by the beauty of nature, it is almost too much for him to take