Outline the poem "Tintern Abbey" with its background information.
Or Amalyse the text of the poem "Tinterm Abbey" by William Wordsworth.
Ans. The full title of this poem is "Lines Composed a Few M'iles above Tintern Abbey", on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798. It opens with the speaker's declaration that five years have passed since he last visited this location, encountered its tranquil, rustic scenery and heard the murmuring waters of the river. His first visit to the banks of the river Wye in 1793 was still afresh in his mind while writing this poem. The main cause of his mental and moral crisis was his disillusionment with the French Revolution in 1789 and the war between England and France in 1793. He lost his faith in Man and even in God.
He cherished to find some solace and this consolation came to him in the lap of Nature. Therefore, when he revisited Tintern in 1798, he was a chastened person fully aware of the sufferings of humanity. He now no longer cried and longed for 'dizzy raptures' and 'glad animal movements', but looked for a deeper meaning in Nature. On this tour of 1798 with Dorothy, he discovered that 'man had much to learn from Nature which was Man's prime teacher.
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