Paradoxes in Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey: Sense, Nature, Reality

Authors

  • Xiaoxin Zeng

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v20i.2331

Keywords:

Wordsworth; Tintern Abbey; Nature; Reality; Feeling.

Abstract

There are always arguments about the unadorned language and the nature in Wordsworth’s poems. Some consider it as a sentimental approach to escape from the reality, while others are on the contrary. This article is going to check how the language was used, and in what aspect Wordsworth chose to depict the nature to find relationship between human and nature, as well as the society. By examining the paradoxes in the poetry, the article will explore how Wordsworth made innovation at his time, which added a new angle to perceive the world.

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References

Empson, William. Seven Types of Ambiguity. (Revised.). Chatto & Windus, 1947.

‘Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, | Poetry Foundation’. Accessed 19 September 2022. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45527/lines-composed-a-few-miles-above-tintern-abbey-on-revisiting-the-banks-of-the-wye-during-a-tour-july-13-1798.

Wordsworth, William. ‘Preface to Lyrical Ballads’, p. 7. https:// faculty. csbsju.edu/ dbeach/ beautytruth/ Wordsworth-PrefaceLB.pdf.

Foundation, Poetry. ‘An Essay on Man: Epistle I by Alexander Pope’. Text/html. Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, 19 September 2022. Https://www.poetryfoundation.org/. https:// www. poetry foundation. org/poems/44899/an-essay-on-man-epistle-i.

Marjorie Levinson, Wordsworth Great Period Poems, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, p.33.

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Published

2022-10-18

How to Cite

Zeng, X. (2022). Paradoxes in Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey: Sense, Nature, Reality. BCP Social Sciences & Humanities, 20, 287–292. https://doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v20i.2331