In "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey," Wordsworth speaks from an adult perspective as he returns to a site he has visited once before, remembers his feelings from five years before, and responds to the feelings evoked in him on this return visit. It is evident that the scene creates strong emotions in the poet and makes him follow a train of thought that takes him through a number of emotional changes and that evokes a wide array of spiritual issues in his life. This poem shows that one of the things we learn from nature is how to look within and seek the true meaning of our own souls. Wordsworth wrote this poem when he was 28 years of age. He begins by observing the wonders and beauties of nature and then moves on to co
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