Tintern Abbey (poem)

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Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting The Banks Of The Wye During A Tour. July 13, 1798., often abbreviated to Tintern Abbey, is a poem written by William Wordsworth. The poem's seeming emphasis on nature makes it a characteristic work of the Romantic movement but belies its true message of revolution and dark deeds from the mentioned anniversary date as well as seemingly incestuous allusions to his sister. Tintern Abbey is an abbey abandoned in 1536 and located in Monmouthshire, Wales.

The poem is written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) . This poem is more philosophical than previous Wordsworthian poems, which explains Wordsworth philosophical way of writing it. Though Wordsworth wrote this poem in 1798, the subject is of what he remembers from 1793. This poem takes places in the poet's mind. Wordsworth's emphasis in the beginning of "5 years have passed…" and constantly using the word "again" shows how important time is to this poem.

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