... the necessities of his nature, are accompanied by an overbalance of enjoyment" (Wordsworth, Preface, 578). Indeed, according to Wordsworth, "The end of poetry is to produce excitement in coexistence with an overbalance of pleasure" (Wordsworth, Preface, 580). Wordsworths emphasis on the role of poetry as a "nonviolent" stimulation and one of pleasure, as well as the various roles of imagination in nature, are exemplified throughout "Tintern Abbey." Indeed, one way in which "Tintern Abbey" constitutes Romantic ... analysis of "A Summer Evenings Meditation" and "Tintern Abbey" reveals tha...

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