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This author and the “Environmental Tradition” subtitle a 1991 book by Jonathan Bate considered a foundational work of (-5[1])ecocriticism. The penultimate section of a long poem by this poet mentions “an ennobling interchange / Of action from without and from within.” This poet used an ABAB rhyme scheme in a poem in which the “fair works” of nature remind the speaker of “what man has made of man.” A poem by this author calls nature “the nurse, the guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul / Of all my moral being.” This poet of “Lines Written in Early Spring” (10[1])wrote of re-encountering the “steep woods” and the “sylvan Wye” after “five summers, (10[1])with (10[1])the length / Of five long winters” in a nostalgic poem written in 1798. (10[1])For 10 points, name the Romantic poet who wrote The Prelude (10[1])and (10[2])“Tintern (10[1])Abbey.” ■END■ (10[2])

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