Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

E129595

"Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is a celebrated Romantic poem by William Wordsworth that reflects on memory, nature, and spiritual renewal during a return visit to the Wye Valley.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English poem ⓘ
Romantic poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
addressedTo Dorothy Wordsworth ⓘ
approximateLineCount 160 ⓘ
author William Wordsworth ⓘ
compositionDate 1798 ⓘ
containsMotif healing power of nature ⓘ
spots of time ⓘ
coPublicationWith Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation key text of English Romanticism ⓘ
one of Wordsworth's major works ⓘ
explores continuity between past and present self ⓘ
interplay of memory and perception ⓘ
moral influence of nature ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1798 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Lyrical Ballads ⓘ
focusesOn recollection in tranquility ⓘ
form blank verse ⓘ
genre meditative poem ⓘ
nature poem ⓘ
includedIn Lyrical Ballads ⓘ
surface form: Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems
influenced later Romantic nature poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Wordsworth's philosophy of nature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: Romantic period
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
occasion return visit to the Wye Valley ⓘ
openingWords Five years have past; five summers, with the length ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Joseph Cottle ⓘ
relatedAuthor Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
relatedWork The Prelude ⓘ
rhymeScheme unrhymed ⓘ
setting Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
surface form: Wye Valley

near Tintern Abbey ⓘ
speaker William Wordsworth ⓘ
theme childhood and adulthood ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
memory ⓘ
nature ⓘ
relationship between mind and nature ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ
the passage of time ⓘ
the sublime ⓘ
timeSincePreviousVisitMentioned five years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Wordsworth → notableWork → Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ⓘ
Lyrical Ballads → containsPoem → Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ⓘ
poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth → relatedWorkByAuthor → Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Composed upon Westminster Bridge
this entity surface form: Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey