WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: Tintern Abbey

Question 1

‘above’

Answer 1

perspective on the Abbey is elevated, distant and detatched

Question 2

‘five’

Answer 2

repetition of time connectives= excruciating when away from nature elongates

Question 3

‘waters rolling from their mountain springs with..,’

Answer 3

enjambment = effortless, interdependence contrast to the caesura in the opening

Question 4

‘wild secluded scene impress’

Answer 4

sibilance = secrecy / isolation

‘wild’ untouched undomesticated where we thrive

Question 5

‘cottage-grounds’

‘orchard-tufts’

Answer 5

compound words- neat and concise, clarity and structure nature brings

Question 6

‘unripe fruits…one green hue…lose themselves’

Answer 6

importance of time, if humans don’t naturally develop into full potential ‘ripe’ = become ‘one green hue’ lose individualism

Question 7

‘lonely rooms’

Answer 7

transferred epithet people are lonely not rooms

Question 8

‘But oft’

Answer 8

syntax ‘but’ = harsh realities of industrialisation however leads slowly to ‘tranquil restoration’ = creates suspense makes resolution more powerful

Question 9

‘Of kindness and of love’

Answer 9

manipulates syntax, ends sentence = what reader will remember

Question 10

‘burthen of the mystery’

Answer 10

nature allows escape from chaotic world, offers releasing of weight
- archaic = before industrialism

Question 11

‘lead us on’

Answer 11

• change in pronouns from ‘I’ to ‘us’ collective, harmonious like nature

Question 12

‘we are laid asleep in body, and become a living soul’

Answer 12

transcends reality, physical body is irrelevant only soul matters

Question 13

‘deep power of joy’

Answer 13

assonance

Question 14

‘if this be but a vain belief…how oft-‘

Answer 14

change in tone confident language now doubtful = LIMINALITY

caesura confident language now choppy and hesitant

Question 15

‘when like a roe I bounded over the mountains…and the lonely streams’

Answer 15

intertexual allusion - indirect quoatation from Old Testament song of solomon 2:9 man searches for and runs from a lover
Wordsworht uses this shows longing for nature and escapist attitude towards it

Question 16

‘elevated thoughts’

Answer 16

internal becomes external

Question 17

of eye and ear both what they half create’

Answer 17

physical body is not enough, emotions and intellect enhance our perception

Question 18

‘nurse’ ‘guide’ ‘guardian’

Answer 18

lexical field of protection

Question 19

‘thou my dearest Friend’

Answer 19

shifts tone from monologue to conversation

Question 20

‘and this green pastoral landscape’

Answer 20

concludes with a deeply satisfying resolution that sums up poem