Romanticism began in the early 19th century and totally changed the way people viewed themselves and the condition of nature around them. ... The Romantic era grew alongside the Enlightenment, but concentrated on human diversity and looking at life in a new way. ... This was a strength since the freedom to explore nature was endless and without any restriction based on rules, law or doctrine. ... The middle ages were regarded as a creative period when humans lived close to the soil and were perfect with the effects of industrialization or urbanization. ... Although Romanticism was maybe tradit...

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The actual meaning of this poem expresses human intervention in nature, which then allows for this poem to be seen in an artificial way. ... Arguably, the human intervention in nature may over time become natural as it is portrayed in this poem. ... They cannot be classed as connected due to man's treatment of nature. ... It is seemingly an artificial pastoral world due to this reoccurring human involvement in nature. ... By comparing the two it allows for the natural light to have a higher more dominating status over artificial light because the human devices would be unable to reproduce...

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In "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", Blake explored unconventional ideas of the nature of God and religion and tried to unite, or balance, his concept of innocence and experience as two different states of life and the human soul. ... The tiger is not simply a creation of God: it is divine through the divinity of its creation; part of a whole theory of the human and the divine. ... The tiger is by nature both vicious and fearsome, but is also a symbol of energy. ... Many of the questions raised in "The Tyger" remain unanswered and it has been argued that Blake was questionin...

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Like many of Hughes' poems, nature rising over mankind is a very strong theme, showing the animal's superiority over the humans who imprisoned it. ... The jaguar is showing instinctive and primal characteristics, signs of its animalistic nature, and "the crowd stands, stares, mesmerized" by its strength and vitality. ... But even though the jaguar is in "prison darkness" it does not let humans treat it as a circus act. ... Finally we are able to see the amazing animal that is the jaguar, its powerful nature is exactly what catches people eyes and what makes it...

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Within this sonnet, Wordsworth uses those abilities to motivate readers of the nineteenth century and future generations to take heed of their worldly desires and look at Nature not only in the earthly sense but also in the context of human nature. ... Wordsworth presents the idea that there is actually life within nature. This is where Wordsworth gives nature human emotion so that it is easier for the reader to relate to what is being said and to help get them back with nature. ... By using these phrases to describe Nature, he shows the beauty of Nature being herself. ... He is saddened tha...

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These all signify for the writer an understanding of his own predicament both as a human being and as an artist. ... They are, it can be said, a contemplation and overtly subjected response to a reading of a particular human condition. ... He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... The poem allows Keats to "transcend his imprisoning self hood to sympathetic contemplation of other lives" hence, it ca...

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They esteemed human intuition and emotion over logical thinking. They considered themselves allies of nature against what they believed to be man's blatant disregard for the preservation of nature. ... They linked nature with human spirituality. ... Their concept of God involved nature. ... In this poem, Wordsworth idealizes nature at the same time he expresses his disapproval of mankind. ...

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At first, it seems really confusing because it's very contradictory for "water" to be "thirsty" since it's supposed to quench a human being and it'd be weird for "bread loaf" to be "stone.... Humans tend to hold many connections to nature, so when Maya Angelou uses nature imagery towards the end of her poem, she is able to remind the readers that are alone of their true misery. ... By employing this comparison to nature, the readers are more likely to reflect upon their own life. ... From these two quotes in Angelou's interview, an indivi...

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It was a must to note that language is a human creation contained cultural heritages of linguistic group. Here, it can obviously be seen that there are four natures of literature. The first nature of literature is imaginative. Traditional literary works fulfill this nature. ... Philosophist, claimed as the third nature of literature. ...

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Nature has always been an unlimited source of inspiration for many poets. ... To him, there is a mutual relationship between man and nature. ... Notwithstanding, William Wordsworth not only merely described the nature but also reflected the reciprocal relationship between human and nature throughout the poem. Firstly, nature is idealized as a friend. ... Secondly, to Wordsworth, nature is a source of happiness. ...

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Lyrical libido refers to the development of the sexual nature in poems as a literary devise using erotic allusion, narrative, or imagery within various poetic structures. Poets of lyrical libido show some astonishing similarities across thousands of years; they are personal, metaphorical, and candid; they show us that the sexual, or Eros, is such a constant in human exchange that it forms a tradition with the art of poetry itself. ... Whereas the epic took place in public, masculine events, notably war, the lyric took place in private, domestic situations that were predominantly feminine in na...

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The fact that Blake himself described the collection of poems as shewing the contrary states of the human soul', must be seen as an invitation to view the poems of Innocence and Experience in relation to one another. ... An example of the contrary state of the human soul' can be found in the two versions of The Chimney Sweeper'. ... is a simple one, and yet the child is also tapping into the deep and timeless questions that all human beings have, about their own origins and the nature of creation. ... These are also the characteristics from which the child-speaker approac...

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The poem is written in the form of a ballad in which the human child is drawn into the ethereal world of the supernatural as the fairies convince the child that their fantasy world is full of joy while the human world is full of sorrow. ... However, in this case the lullaby effect of "come away O human child" allures the child into a false sense of tranquility and calm which makes him believe he is safe in this environment. ... The description of the "waters and the wild" seems vague and almost other-worldly whilst on the other hand the human world may be "full of weeping" that the child can...

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The motive with which the poet begins which is to describe the force of the wind is definitely achieved, though the poet is throwing a negative light on the wind his tone is also filled with awe and he is probably criticising humans for forgetting the true power of nature hence the probable inspiration for the poem ostensibly is to describe the wind in such a way that humans stop meddling around with nature without realising its repercussions. ...

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Writing about sex, (the) human body, many other "taboo" subjects and common objects and people, Whitman and Dickinson address the larger matters of life, namely death and religion. ... Poetry of the Nature In this poem Dickinson creates her characteristic fusion of nature and art, of the rose and the poem (Fart,Carter,2005). ... In the first case, a possible interpretation could be that Emily is revealing the particular value of the poem she is writing to her cousin; in the second one, the interpretations would be the exact opposite, that is that Dickinson performs her own failure ...

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Wright's understanding of the relationship between humans and the land reflects her own past growing up in a pastoralist family and later work as an environmental activist. ... The juxtaposition suggested in the title of the "flame tree" in the "quarry" sets up the negative impact of time on nature, as the beauty of the tree is taken over by the quarry. ... By personifying the landscape Wright is accentuating the tragedy of the loss of nature. ... ") She herself stated in an interview (1965) that in nature "we can perceive an inescapable correspondence with t...

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The use of repetition of the, "u," sounds in combination with an internal rhyme pattern, the replication of the sounds of a human heartbeat allow for the creation of a soothing and nurturing mood, reminiscent of a child within their mother's womb. Heightened through protective imagery within the quote, "carry you and ferry you," an image of a mother's protective nature when it comes to their child is explicitly demonstrated. ... This protective image is further emphasised through the quote, "consume you, engulf you" as it connotes a mother being one with their chi...

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Nature actively combines, mingles, and unifies, whatever things we take for granted as physically separate and individual. Nature doesn't just have a sort of intrinsic unity it actively combines and connects. ... This imagery of the flea and its violation of the female draw Donne to wonder why humans are not more like insects. ... Although it appears religious in nature, it also corresponds to the earlier reference of the "marriage temple". The reader is made aware of the temperament of the lady and what the essence of her nature consists of, it is apparent that the lady has a tendency...

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The poem "in Just-" celebrates youth in playful, imaginative and creative contractions-- "mud-/luscious" and "puddle-wonderful," for example--while the poem "O sweet spontaneous" revels in nature that can only be appreciated fully through the senses rather than through science, philosophy, or religion. ... Along with his barbs at society, Cummings also composed such lyrical poems as "somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond," in which he extolled love, nature, the mystery of faith, individualism, and imaginative freedom. ... Structured in a pattern of darkness moving toward light, 1 x 1...

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The conditions were congenial to Eliot.He had a Christian subject and a Christian audience to be gathered at one of Europe's most famous Christian shrines.He had a director withwhom he could work, and he had the chance to further the cause of poetic drama.The topic martyrdom attracted Eliot ,as did the nature of the events and its significance for a modern audience. That significance was brought out through the choruses, and the emotional structure of the play is based on them rather than on Thomas's exercise in self-analysis.For that was the point of the Festival;the ordinary human...

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John Dryden was the first to use the term when he criticized Donne by saying "He affects the metaphysics in his amorous verses, where nature should only reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts. ... Johnson went on to describe the far-fetched nature of their comparisons as "a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike". ... Now it is actually a "widely publicized observation that Donne expresses religion through human love" according the Winfried Schleiner, as ...

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This image which appeals to the sense of sound and also to basic human compassion is very striking as it is clear that there continue to be more victims of the "broadening darkness", which represents in this poem something which has destroyed a genuine and lively love. ... These three aspects of nature which shall no longer be a reality for her, underline her intimation that she shall be irrevocably absent from all which is so real for her presently. ... Irrespective of the nature of the death of the speaker, it's results will be completely irrevocably, and the reader can sympathise with ...

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In his first poem from the collection, "Song of Myself", Whitman attempts to comment on the entire human race and their place in the universe by telling of his own experiences, as if he were an all-seeing, ethereal being. ... In the section where the child asks the speaker what grass is, he proceeds to explain his symbolism of the grass that utilizes themes of nature (nature's cycles of rebirth and regeneration), a theme of unity and the democracy that runs the country (grass grows everywhere and links everyone's yards together as a whole), and a symbol of death or mortality (grass g...

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Bierce's use of realistic nature of daydreaming represents the inner realism and psychology of the protagonist. Farquhar's belief in his escape show how powerful the human mind is and how it shapes reality. ... Bierce, having a military career used many details and relations that lead back to the war he witness and by including grisly details of Farquhar's execution, Bierce participates in realist tradition, which doesn't conceal or avoid the war's horrifying nature in romanticism. ...

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He's been known for many acclaimed poems that pose complex philosophical, and societal questions about human nature, or ethical issues. ... This is the key factor which makes this poem stand out from the rest – because of its open nature and non-complex form that if you tried to search for any meaning or symbolism behind Frost's words, he has almost intentionally left a vast space for interpretation, paving the way for endless views, or perspectives in which this poem can been taken. ...

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