Write 5 page essay on the topic Tintern Abbey.Memory is a source of salvation, because it offers a sanctuary for spiritual reflections that rejuvenates and calms people, but Wordsworth expresses doubt

Write 5 page essay on the topic Tintern Abbey.

Memory is a source of salvation, because it offers a sanctuary for spiritual reflections that rejuvenates and calms people, but Wordsworth expresses doubt about his own faith in memory, because reality depends on perceptions that change and he feels a sense of loss that cannot be fully relieved. still, he emphasizes the role of faith in developing his inner strength.

Memory facilitates salvation, because it allows the narrator to escape the weary modern world and enter a place of reflection and reconnection. Wordsworth admires how Tintern Abbey helps him leave the “weariness” (Wordsworth 28) of “lonely rooms” (Wordsworth 26) of “towns and cities” (Wordsworth 27). The solitude of nature provides the opportunity of “repose” (Wordsworth 9) “under this dark sycamore” (Wordsworth 10). The tree represents the “house” of reflection, where branches protect the narrator from heat and other external distractions. The “unripe fruits” (Wordsworth 12) symbolize the promise of new life that can rejuvenate the narrator’s feelings of restlessness. Sans the dirt and noise of cities, he can live and reflect like a “hermit” (Wordsworth 22). Memory also rejuvenates people, because it helps them reconnect with their past, joyful experiences. Wordsworth easily connects his peaceful emotions with kind human acts: “His little, nameless, unremembered, acts/Of kindness and of love…” (Wordsworth 35-36). When such past acts are remembered, he restores himself to a “blessed mood” (Wordsworth 48). In this mood, he feels elevated from the “burthen of the mystery” (39) and “all [of] this unintelligible world” (41) is “lightened” (Wordsworth 42). The more he is lightened, the more he feels rejuvenated from within. The poem also underscores that this state of renewal acquires a spiritual meaning.