ELS Journal On Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2026): SEPTEMBER

Eco-poetic Ethics in Tintern Abbey: Nature as an Eco-ethical Remedy for Modern Alienation

Mafruha Tasnim Parsa (Pundra University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh)
Sabbir Hossain (Student, Pundra University of Science&Technology)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Sep 2026

Abstract

Eco-poetic ethics in Wordsworth's works is a reflection of healing of nature in the context of the current industrialization. This paper examines how Wordsworth uses the theme of nature as more than a picturesque backdrop but a moral and spiritual cure to the alienation, and discomfort especially in Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey. It is caused by the contemporary disease of industrialization. The present paper examines the nature-human interaction as vividly portrayed in Wordsworth's poetry. It contends that nature to Wordsworth was an escape against the dehumanizing forces of urbanization, industrialization as well as moral decay. With eco-poetic ethics, the poet proposes that returning to nature helps to heal the emotions and morals of the people and help them get back to their natural sense of innocence, purity, and spirituality. The paper examines significant features of eco-poems such as representation of nature as a teacher, imagination and recall as a means of shaping human resilience. In this respect, the Wordsworth is not only a reflection of the mechanized world, but also of nature as a healing force, able to restore balance to the individual soul, and thereby to the whole society. It shows that the eco-poetic ethics of Wordsworth is relevant in modernist times because of the criticism of environmental degradation and the psychological toll of the modern life.

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Abbrev

jish

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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ELS-JISH is, a journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities: Linguistics, Literature, Language Teaching, Translation, and Culture, a scholarly peer-reviewed international scientific journal published quartely by the Faculty of Cultural Sciences Hasanuddin University Publication, focusing on ...