Nature's Effect on Romantics

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Derek Roodbergen

ENG 3310/Brit. Lit. II

Prof. Scott Slawinski

Paper No. 1

Nature's Effect on Romantics

Nature has two forms: Nature as an external reality and Nature as an internal reality. Nature as an external reality is that which is depicted outwardly and nature as an internal reality is that which man has inside him. Nature inspires most forms of art throughout the Romantic Period. Sometimes it can lead to mere admiration like in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Eolian Harp" and "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison." Coleridge got his inspiration from nature and would translate it into his poetry. Nature was sort of a source of curiosity for him. However other times a piece can describe how powerful, dangerous, and possibly destructive nature can be, like in Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Almost every author and artist from the Romantic Period used nature as a primary source in their work.

Coleridge's "Eolian Harp" symbolizes the relationship that man has with nature, as opposed to a typical love poem. He uses images of nature to explore philosophical and analytical ideas. The Eolian harp is the main focus of the poem, and