Themes:
Search for the self/ adoration of nature, love of liberty: Fraternity, Equality, Liberty
Fame: Came about after the publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798;1801)
The Prelude--autobiographical poem revised and added on to(1798-1839; 1850)
Apex  of his career early 1800's and 1815--developed the idea of 2 consciousnesses (one that lives now and one that lives in the past)

Tintern Abbey: The relationship between memory (and mind's eye) and nature
Memory transports the speaker, especially in busy times (in city)
Didn't recognize beauty of youth while in adulthood--has sense of distance
"glad animal movements gone by"
Image of painting a past and the inability to convey the whole scene
again--the Wye becomes a refuge in my in his mind from fever of the world
passage of time allows speaker to feel aching joy and to gain insight
nature is interconnected and its spirit sustains him

Tintern Abbey: Role of seeing:
Seeing provides way of exploring Tintern Abbey and also emphasizes the mind's eye, memory.
Accords with the Romantic "I" and its power of perception
Poem inaugurates "myth of nature"
Self consciousness of writing, celebration of the sublime, acknowledgement of memory and loss.
Adulation of Nature, gesture toward the familiar, the family.
Poetry originates from "emotion recollected in tranquility"
Author--Wordsworth
Speaker--Appreciates nature, addresses his sister. Begins with specifics (date, place).
Has textual authority--footnote which uses the "I."--but this is not part of the poem; it is context.
Poem is autobiographical (based on Wordsworth's life)

Reading Responses
Deal with specifics
Keep specific speaker and author
Proofread--cross check the reading response with the Writer's Reference
Answer the question; don't repeat it
Don't make up answers
Use present tense to analyze the literature
Review readings for facility with characters/figures/important moments
Questions: Must wait two days before asking