1. The Romantic Imagination
... blessed mood" encountered in "Tintern Abbey." The speaker describes, "At this still hour the self-collected soul / Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there / Of high descent, / and more than mortal rank; / An embryo God; a spark of fire divine" (53-56). The words "embryo God" and a "spark of fire divine" suggest the existence of potential divinity, or the presence of God, within the soul. In other words, through a process ... of contemplation influenced by elements of the environment, the Imagination succumbs to deeper thoughts of a spiritual nature. However, this ability of ... ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate