g onto an infantile awareness that brings joy as he describes his own experience.Though he has expressed a variety of purposes, Wordsworth manages to keep them simplified by the division of the stanzas. In his Preface, he states the importance of |following| the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature. Tintern Abbey, is divided into five stanzas: the first stanza describes the scenery; in the second, Wordsworth says how while meditating about the scenery mid the din/Of towns and cities, he has |seen| into the life of things; the third stanza is an extension of the second, reemphasizing how his recollection of Nature has comforted him; the fourth stanza, Wordsworth reverts to his memory being revived by the present sight; in the fifth stanza, Wordsworth thanks his sister for the insight she has helped him discern. The coherent arrangement of the stanzas help give purpose because they illustrate Wordsworths recollections being interrupted by his philosophical tendencies. These tendencies, which he yields to, are an example of an acute awareness of the surroundings, which make him think deeply.Few blatant devices are used in the poem in Wordsworth's effort to simplify and make his language; the language really used by men. Wordsworth also states in his Preface, that he wants to convey feelings and notions in simple and unliberated expressions. This is evident in Tintern Abbey because the progression of the stanzas reflects a subject-verb-pronoun form. In addition, to keep things simplified, Wordsworth uses devices like alliteration sparingly, and writes in blank verse. Writing in blank verse gives him the liberty of using the best fitting words to give meaning and helping the reader better comprehend. Though Wordsworth uses elaborated expressions, it is purely for the purpose of getting a point across; when he says that the beauteous forms of Nature have not been to me/As ...
