"Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey"

"Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" helps to build on the idea of the grandeur of nature that we have seen in a few of the more recent poems. To emphasize, the poem is about Wordsworth describing the feelings and emotions he gets when he thinks back to his visit this place a few miles away from Tintern Abbey. He describes the objects that he remembers as being beautiful and picturesque. Additionally the objects in nature evoke emotions in him that are pleasing.

Nature once again is seen as very important because it helps to relieve the stress from the real world. The beauty and tranquility of the scene in nature has such great power that Wordsworth still has feelings and emotions after all the years of being away from it. All he does is think about it and the feelings he once felt for the scene still returns to him. This shows the power that nature can have over a person because it moves Wordsworth to be be a better person. Also, the feelings are so strong that Wordsworth feels he will still have this connection with nature and the scene until the day he dies. It goes back to the last couple of poems we read where nature's powers is also the main message of the poem. In those poems, nature has another role of being the greatest teacher. Meanwhile in this poem, nature is seen as a the best therapeutic device.

This poem was different from some of the more recent poems we have read because of its structure and rhyming scheme. First, there is no rhyming scheme to the poem. It is more of  a free-flowing thought that is being spoken by Wordsworth. Because of this, the poem has a more natural feel to it like everyday conversation. Next, there are no short little four line stanzas like most of the poem. Instead, there are about five long paragraphs. This does not give it the look of the normal poem that I am used to, but it shows how poetry comes in many different shapes and sizes. But in the end, it still delivers its message effectively.