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Essay Archive - Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey, a watercolor painting by Joseph Turner, does not
depict accurately the Tintern Abbey described by Wordsworth in his poem
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey; nor does it compliment the
mood of the poem. Reasons for this include: wrong mood in painting and
wrong placement of building. Although this painting does not compliment
Wordsworth's poem necessarily, it does not mean it should not be respected
for the great piece of artwork it is.
The mood of Tintern Abbey is very somber and melancholy. The
colors are very drab, and Turner seems to focus more on the fact that is
dilapidate....
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