Author: Ano Sensei
Format: Video
Structure: Blank verse, Iambic pentameter
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Wordsworth "Tintern Abbey" — In-depth analysis: What the poem really says. COMPLETE
Topics covered include: the hermit and vagrants in the opening lines, the political shadow of the French Revolution, Wordsworth's relationship with nature as spiritual sustenance, the famous "sense sublime of something", Dorothy Wordsworth and what her presence means for the poem, and how Tintern Abbey compares with "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
This isn't a standard study guide — expect honest opinions, including on what works and what doesn't.
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Lines 1-22
2:10 Overview of lines 1-22
2:50 The hermit and the vagrants
4:40 Lines 23-50
6:48 Lines 50-58
8:08 Lines 59-89
8:52 The French Revolution
10:12 Lines 89-112
11:55 Lines 112-160
12:28 Wordsworth's sister
Those "little, nameless, unremembered, acts / Of kindness and of love" that are the "best portion of a good man's life".
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15 Comments
very helpful. many thanks.
Hi! Thank you for your comment. I am inviting a few people to check out a new forum I am building. It’s still in the testing stage, and I’d like to get some input before going “live”. It’s a poetry discussion forum with a bit of a difference, and the main link I’d like some follow-up on is this: https://mgj.5d9.myftpupload.com/forums/topic/shelley-and-heavy-metal/
All and any reactions are most welcome at this stage!
You’ll need to create a login, and you are, of course, welcome to comment on either of the other forums (self-intro, or a thread on a poem of your choice: https://mgj.5d9.myftpupload.com/poetry-forums/).
I’d be grateful if you could let me know if you have problems logging in or accessing other parts of the site. I need to get everything ironed out before moving this from a staging site to full production mode!
Many thanks!
Great presentation! Many thanks.
Thank you for the feedback!
Enjoyed this very much. Thank you!
(He and his sister Dorothy shared very special bond. Dorothy’s diary describing her incredible shock and despair on the day of Wordsworth’s wedding (Mary Hutchinson) still vivid in my mind -read it some ten years ago.)
Thank you for the feedback! Yes, they were unusually close.
I’m glad I listened to this presentation. It deserves a larger audience, a wider reception. I quite agree that the end of the poem –with its shift of focus away from nature — attenuates the impact.
Thank you for your response, Ramnath. I’m doing my best to reach more people, but it seems to be a long, slow process!
Thanks from Australia!
You’re very welcome. Greetings from Japan!
Dylan Thomas reads do not go gentle
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Seriously, what a criminally underrated channel this!
Ha ha! I think so too, but there’s not a lot I can do about it!
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