For Wordsworth in “Tintern Abbey,” this means wanting his sister to have the same experiences he had with nature. Coming out of his introspective state, Wordsworth suddenly shifts his attention to his sister: “My dear, dear sister! and this prayer I make / Knowing that Nature has never betrayed…” (NAEL, D, 291, ll.121-22). Wordsworth takes advantage of his past experience with nature that "never betrayed" and wishes for his sister to do the same. Given his certainty in the goodness of nature, Wordsworth asks his sister to remember him and their shared experiences at Tintern Abbey: "Therefore let the moon / Shine upon you in your lonely walk... If solitude , or fear, or sorrow, or sorrow / Should be your portion, with what healing thoughts / Of tender joy will you remember me…” (NAEL, D, 291, ll.134-145). is no longer there, he wants his sister to experience nature and wants her to remember him with it By projecting his understanding of the world onto his sister, Wordsworth passes on his knowledge of nature's goodness in the hope that it will take care of her..
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