Question

In Wordsworth's ". . .Tintern Abbey" where is the speaker sitting?

Answer 1

The poem starts with appearance of author in incredibly beautiful place called Tintern Abbey. It's situated on the banks of the River Wye in southeast Wales, where author actually remains and expresses his feelings, looking on the wild nature landscapes. He wasn't the first artist who was impressed by this place, but he was the first who got his idea across in blank verse by showing several sides of perception of the one personality.

Answer 2

Answer: Under a sycamore tree

In this poem, the speaker is visiting Tintern Abbey, and he tells us that he has been here before. He is thinking of the times in which he visited the place as a child, and how he enjoyed it. He also reflects on how he looks at the world now. He can now appreciate the depth of beauty and sentiment that nature transmits. He tells us that he is admiring this view from underneath a sycamore tree in the following stanza:

The day is come when I again repose

Here, under this dark sycamore, and view

These plots of cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts,

Which at this season, with their unripe fruits,

Are clad in one green hue, and lose themselves

'Mid groves and copses.