Wordsworth's Beliefs

Question 1

Believed he knew a sort of

Answer 1

Transcendental reality, suspended all around us

• often unnoticed
• best way to notice is by studying and surrounding oneself with nature

Question 2

What does Wordsworth reflect on in Tintern Abbey?

Answer 2

His experiences, in the past and the present - a place surrounded by wondrous nature

Question 3

Shows examples of

Answer 3

Ordinary life sliding into a transcendental, almost supernatural state
- ‘the breath of this corporeal frame/ and even the motion of our human blood/ almost suspended’

Question 4

‘And even in the motion of our human blood’
‘The breath of this corporal frame’
‘Almost suspended, we are laid asleep’

Answer 4

Shows the immense sense of oneness and completeness he received and felt we could all receive which being in the presence of such god-touched natural beauty

Question 5

‘A living soul….see[ing] into the life of things’

Answer 5

Example of Wordsworth’s idea of nature being the pathway to the all-encompassing transcendental reality