what is the speaker of the poem tintern abbey reflecting

The speaker of the poem "Tintern Abbey" is the poet, William Wordsworth himself. The poem is about nature, but it is also about the speakers past, present, and future selves, and about time and change more broadly. One of the major themes of the poem is the way that people change over time, so the speaker frequently refers to his past self. The speaker acknowledges that he is different now from how he was in those long-ago times when he "bounded oer the mountains" and through the countryside. The poem is a monologue, imaginatively spoken by a single speaker to himself, referencing the specific objects of its imaginary scene, and occasionally addressing others. The language of the poem is striking for its naturalness and fluidity, and it reads as easily as if it were a prose piece.