Is Wordsworths Encounter with Nature in Tintern Abbey a Religious Experience - Assignment Example

In the case of William Wordsworth, it was his fascination with Tintern Abbey during his visits (he visited twice) whereby he was moved to write being a poet. 
This serenity, or bliss elevated Wordsworth to experience a spiritual experience that moved him to write the poem. He was also moved to ponder about life and the passage of time evident in the passage of the first section of the poem (there are five sections), which in itself is a religious experience. It read;

FIVE years have passed; five summers, with the length
Of five long winters! and again I hear
These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a soft inland murmur

Religious experience does not only mean praying or going to church, synagogue, or mosque but is also a state when we are moved to commune with God because his creation has touched us which in the case of William Wordsworth is “Tintern Abbey”.

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