2) Tintern Abbey Questions - small groups followed by discussion...
- To the extent is “Tintern Abbey” about Nature? What does Wordsworth mean by Nature? What lines of the poem tell you what he means by nature? Go beyond the obvious. What are the characteristics of nature?
- The speaker also speaks of the "sublime" and uses descriptions that sound like a sermon. Given this tone and his religious diction, what do you think Wordsworth is asserting as a new sort of faith, a new sort of God, if you will?
- This is also a "spirit of the place" poem. Genius Loci (Lt.) What place is your (semi) sacred place? Why? What it is it about the place?
- The speaker directly addresses his sister. What does he see in her that delights him? What does he hope for her?
