How TINTERN ABBEY evolves from beginning to end is in a truly reflective state upon
the five years that had passed since he had last visited the ruins of the abbey. The ruin
of the abbey, perhaps can be compared to the aging of man and the inevitably of aging,
however, the abbey still stands as does natutre and its eternal splendor. The poem
starts immediately with an adjective, "rolling" referring to the waters coming down from
the mountain springs which do not disturb the "murmur" of the river: "These waters,
rolling from their mountain-springs/With a sweet murmur." (3-4). The gentle,…
