Memories Of Nature example essay topic

Wordsworth's "Tinter n Abbey" begins with the common poetical convention of vivid imagery. Noticeably, the poem is written in unrhymed verse. The words, although unrhymed, create their own beauty, in that they paint magical and mystical landscapes in the reader's consciousness. The poem then goes on to detail the fact that the scene has remained unchanged for the past five years, describing the landscape as rich and serene.

There is a comfort, not only to the speaker, but also to the reader, in the landscape, and early on in the poem, a theme of solitude and hermitage is established. Later, in the second stanza, the speaker goes on to describe some of his vivid memories, transferring their image to the reader. Through the progression of memory the speaker is able to leap beyond the constraints of reality and begins to see things in a new sense, he reaches a "purer mind". The narrator begins the second stanza by sharing his memories of nature.

The "beauteous forms" or memories of nature, have sustained the speaker with "sensations sweet" in "lonely rooms... of towns and cities". The speaker later goes on to describe that these memories have comforted him during the period in which he lived in an urban setting, establishing the fact that he strongly believes in the restoring power of the memory. An equally notable convention in this portion of the poem is also Wordsworth's use of the word "blood", which serves as perhaps a metaphor for the river Wye (mentioned in the poem) running through the memory of the speaker as well. Later, the speaker begins to question his own belief in the restoring power of the memory, but goes on to turn to the ruins of the abbey in solace, going on to relate his love of nature as being more mature (emotionally).

Later, the speaker begins the final portion of the poem, pertaining to his sister, whom he had loved will all his heart. He addresses her as his "dearest Friend", and compares her own pleasure, although simple, with his own at some earlier point in his life. He goes on to state his belief that she will benefit from the love of nature as he had earlier done (.".. my former heart... ". ), and find the natural world as a sort of haven from the bustle of the growing city. This brings up the interesting note that the speaker seems to draw happiness and his (former) youthfulness equally from his sister and nature.

But, in the end, it is nature that he wishes well. The tone of the speaker throughout the poem is one that conveys a deep amount of not only gratitude, but respect, whether it pertains to his sister, or to the natural world, and its profound impact on eliciting an emotional response (from the poet). In the poem, it is obvious that the theme / convention that remained prevalent throughout the epoch of Romanticism, a respect / relation for / to nature, is utilized to the fullest extent. Nature, in essence, according to the poem, is a substance that is utilized in combating the emotional pain inherent in human growth. As mentioned, a prevalent, almost predominant theme throughout the work is the ability of nature to influence the memory, thus impacting the psyche of the individual, eliciting a response. Overall I found the poem to be mildly interesting, but moreover found its beauty in the fact that it created vivid images of rolling hills, etc. in my mind.

As a wise man once said (or something to this effect): "an artist is like a painter, with the pen as his brush, and the paper as his canvas; he, like the artist, paints with words.".