Wordsworth's Poetic Environmentalism: Tintern Abbey, the Prelude, and the Deep Ecology Perspective

With a focus on biocentric equality and the intrinsic value of all life, deep ecology provides the framework through which Wordsworth’s poetry can be analyzed as pioneering ecocentric thinking. Wordsworth, as a prominent British Romantic, continues to challenge the world’s anthropocentric attitudes and speaks to the industrial world’s critique of nature. In The Prelude and Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, he imaginatively sees a relationship between humanity and the rest of the world that is positive, interconnected, and holistic, all of which is psychological, spiritual, and ethical. This study focuses on the deep ecology principles of the non-participatory value of living things and on Wordsworth's poetic imagery, blended philosophy, and nature-reflecting morality. In this light, the study emphasizes Wordsworth's initial commitment to a general lack of ignorance towards the environment.