Nature is a huge part in romanticism. Many romantics viewed nature as a healing power and a source of subject and image. It encompasses how nature can touch and change one’s life for the better. They view it as organic and don’t like scientific views. Wordsworth uses nature in so much of his work. For example, in “The World Is Too Much With Us” Wordsworth said, “This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers”.
In the poem “I Wander Lonely as a Cloud”, the whole poem is about nature. It talks about clouds, vales, hills, trees, the breeze, stars, the Milky Way, a bay, waves, and most of all daffodils. Nature brings a state of imagination. It brings people into a different state of mind, an ambiance to encompass the world and make it a better place. In this poem, a host of daffodils stops the speaker while traveling through nature. The word “host” makes it transform into a vision, which is imagination. In “The Thorn”, Wordsworth also uses nature throughout the whole poem. It talks about a thorn overgrown with lichen, rocks and stones, moss, mountains, a stormy winter gale, clouds, a muddy pond, a hill of moss, spikes, branches, and stars. In “Ode on Intimations of Immorality” Wordsworth uses nature to explain his perception on the beauty of nature. He uses meadows, groves, streams, the earth, rainbows, roses, birds, lambs, seasons, mountains, seas, valleys, the sun, flowers, and stars. In “To a Skylark” he uses clouds, the sky, a nest, sloths, mountains, rivers, dusty winds, and heaven to portray nature. And in “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” nature is described by the earth, the sky, fields, valleys, rocks, and beautiful hills. The romantics believe that nature makes people know what they truly are. It is a source of sensations and people can discover emotional health in nature. In romanticism, nature helps people feel there worth in society, a feeling for what and who they truly are and also what God wants them to be. It helps them transform and discover their emotional health with nature.
In the poem “I Wander Lonely as a Cloud”, the whole poem is about nature. It talks about clouds, vales, hills, trees, the breeze, stars, the Milky Way, a bay, waves, and most of all daffodils. Nature brings a state of imagination. It brings people into a different state of mind, an ambiance to encompass the world and make it a better place. In this poem, a host of daffodils stops the speaker while traveling through nature. The word “host” makes it transform into a vision, which is imagination. In “The Thorn”, Wordsworth also uses nature throughout the whole poem. It talks about a thorn overgrown with lichen, rocks and stones, moss, mountains, a stormy winter gale, clouds, a muddy pond, a hill of moss, spikes, branches, and stars. In “Ode on Intimations of Immorality” Wordsworth uses nature to explain his perception on the beauty of nature. He uses meadows, groves, streams, the earth, rainbows, roses, birds, lambs, seasons, mountains, seas, valleys, the sun, flowers, and stars. In “To a Skylark” he uses clouds, the sky, a nest, sloths, mountains, rivers, dusty winds, and heaven to portray nature. And in “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” nature is described by the earth, the sky, fields, valleys, rocks, and beautiful hills. The romantics believe that nature makes people know what they truly are. It is a source of sensations and people can discover emotional health in nature. In romanticism, nature helps people feel there worth in society, a feeling for what and who they truly are and also what God wants them to be. It helps them transform and discover their emotional health with nature.
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