Tintern Abbey Tintern Abbey, a watercolor painting by Joseph Turner, does not depict accurately the Tintern Abbey described by Wordsworth in his poem Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey; nor does it compliment the mood of the poem. Reasons for this include: wrong mood in painting and wrong placement of building. Although this painting does not compliment Wordsworth's poem necessarily, it does not mean it should not be respected for the great piece of artwork it is. The mood of Tintern Abbey is very somber and melancholy. The colors are very drab, and Turner seems to focus more on the fact that is dilapidated, than the fact that i....

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