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The Influence of Nature in Romantic Poetry

1. "The Influence of Nature in Romantic Poetry"

2. NAME:- HARDI VHORA SEM:- 1 ENROLLMENT NO. :- 5108230050 BATCH:- 2023-2025 PAPER NO. :- 105 ROLL NO. :- 14 PAPER CODE:- 22396 PAPER NAME:- History of English Literature – From 1350 to 1900 SUBMITTED TO:- Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department Of English MKBU e-mail:- [email protected]

3. # POINTS TO PONDER:- > Introduction > The Concept Of Romanticism > Emotion and Imagination > Prominent Romantic Poets > Conclusion

4. INTRODUCTION 01

5. “Nature” has taken an important and significant role in poetry of different periods of literature and countries of all over the world. Nature is present not only in English literature but also in French, Spanish, Irish, Persian and Urdu poets. But in English literature the critics and poets mainly focus our attention in Wordsworth and Coleridge treatment of the topic of romantic poetical imagination and the vision of nature in romantic imagination. Nature is the key central point in the Romantic poetry but the concept of love with it differs from poet to poet. The concept of Wordsworth about Nature especially in the famous poem ''Lines Composed Few Miles above Tintern Abbey", we find three different stages of his love with Nature. The main point is that whatever the idea Romantics have about Nature, it is, indeed, clear and comprehensible that they are strongly addicted to it.

6. THE CONCEPT OF ROMANTICISM 02

7. Throughout history certain philosophies or ideas have helped to shape the themes of literature , art, religion, and politics. The concept of Romanticism was preceded by the philosophy of Neoclassicism. A sense of reverence for order, reason, and rules were focused upon. There was distrust for innovation and invention. Society was encouraged to view itself as a group with generic characteristics. The idea of individualism was looked upon with disfavour. People were encouraged through literature, art, religion, and politics to follow the traditional rules of the church and government. However, by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a great reaction against this philosophy was noted. It was labelled as Romanticism.

8. Thus, Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, it was also a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalisation of nature. It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography, education and the natural sciences. Romanticism embraced the exotic, the unfamiliar, and the distant, harnessing the power of the imagination to envision and to escape.

9. EMOTION AND IMAGINATION 03

10. Romanticism has always been a subject of beauty, expression and individuality. But in its purest form, Romanticism’s sole purpose is to evoke emotion. I magination is the aptitude to create and simulate unique objects, sensations, and ideas in the mind without any instant input of the senses. It is the faculty or action of creating new ideas, or images, or concepts of exterior things, not present to the senses (Soanes & Stevenson, 2003). It can be taken as the hallmark of romantic poetry. It is a part and parcels of romantic poets. It is the one of the most substantial themes of Romantic works. The creative power and propensity of the human mind to create images can be perceived in numerous poems of Romantic poets. The readers can realize the supremacy of imagination in Romantic poetry.

11. PROMINENT ROMANTIC POETS 04

12. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH P.B.SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe Shelley) S. T. COLERIDGE (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

13. # CONCLUSION:- In conclusion we can say that ‘ Nature’ played a significant role in Romantic poetry, serving as a source of inspiration, solace, and spiritual guidance for the poets of this era. Romanticism was a reaction against the Industrial Revolution, which was seen as a threat to the natural world and the values of simplicity and authenticity that the Romantics cherished. Nature was viewed as a place of beauty, harmony, and purity, in contrast to the ugliness and pollution of the industrial age. Some of the most famous Romantic poets who wrote about nature include William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. Each of these poets had a unique way of seeing an d understanding nature, but they all shared a deep reverence for its beauty and power. The Romantic poets often used vivid imagery and sensory details to capture the beauty and power of nature. They wrote about the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of the natural world, bringing it to life for their readers. They also personified nature, giving it human qualities such as emotions and desires.

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