Wordsworth “A Few Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”
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How many years have passed since the speaker’s first visit to the
countryside overlooking Tintern Abbey?
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At what time of year does the poet make his second visit to the area
near Tintern Abbey?
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List evidence in the poem that supports #2.
3.
Describe the setting of the poem. What sights and sounds does the
speaker mention in lines 1-22?
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In what ways has the speaker changed since his first visit? How does
he look upon nature now?
5.
In line 36 of the poem, the poet mentions “another gift” that his
contact with this rural scene has bestowed upon him. Briefly describe
this gift.
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Who accompanies the speaker on this return visit?
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How does the speaker feel the visit will affect his companion in the
future?
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Why has the speaker so often “returned in spirit” to these peaceful
scenes since his first visit?
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How does the presence of a companion enhance the speaker’s
pleasure in returning to this particular place?
10.
Read the fist four lines of the poem. How does enjambment help
establish the conversational tone of the poem?
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Why is the poem characterized as romanticism?
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Line 2: Describe contrast in the phrase “stately pleasure-dome.”
Line 3: Give the connation of the word “Alph.”
Line 4: Give the denotation and connotation of “caverns measureless
to man.”
Lines 8-11: Give the contrast found in these lines.
Lines 12-13. What are these lines describing?
Line 14: Give the contrast found in this line.
Lines 14-16: Give the comparison made in these lines.
Line 17-19: Give the literal and figurative images of these lines.
Lines 20-22: The power of the fountain is portrayed in what imagery.
List the two similes that illustrate this.
Lines 12-22: What is the mood of these lines?
Lines 23-28: What is the change in mood? Give to examples from
the poem to show this change.
Lines 29-30: Give the literal and figurative warnings in these lines.
Lines 31-34: What does the imagery of the “shadow of the dome of
pleasure” mean?
Lines 35-36: What is the miracle referred to?
Lines 37-38: What shift occurs in the poem?
Lines 37-41: Describe the vision of the poet.
Lines 42-45: What would the poet do if he could recover the dream?
Lines 49-52: Explain these lines.
Lines 53-54: How can the poet “drunk the milk of Paradise”?
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