I'm glad we spent the time going through Tintern Abbey line by line, because when I read the poem I had skipped over a few lines that turned out to be pretty significant. I hadn't really noticed the spirituality of the language (lines 93-102), and until we discussed it today and I heard the lines read aloud, I didn't realize the significant difference between "what they half create/ and what perceive". Even in class it took me a few minutes to realize that what we see and what our consciousness drives us to understand are two different things.
I also hadn't recognized the haunted quality of the poem, and wouldn't have understood it if it hadn't been pointed out in class. The fear of destruction of creativity is a strong theme towards the end of the poem, and gives a sense of desperation.
I wonder (since Wordsworth obviously took the time to really analyze his feelings and the change in himself) whether he was wealthy. How else could he have afforded the time such internal contemplation must have taken? If we had that kind of time now, could we achieve such realization?
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