Comparing Power In Three Years She Grew And The Sound Of Night

In the beginning of creation of humans, nature has always been there as a friend. Nature is the phenomena of the physical world that includes plants, animals, the landscape, and other features that are on earth. Nature has all of the wild and domestic living things. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet that led the transcendentalist movement and influenced other through his ideas and thinking. Ralph wrote “Nature,” and he describes his true feelings toward nature and God and how they have taken part of what has been created and also the relationship to humans. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes the passage “Nature” and he uses comparison between humans and nature and also uses figurative language to convey his appreciation and gratitude for nature.

A dark light is shed on nature, with the use of words such as “soiled” to depict the clouds in the sky (3). Normally, one would appreciate nature for its beauty and ability to create peace in its observers, but clearly the speaker feels resentment and disgust towards the environment. What happened to create this negative feeling towards a seemingly harmless and normally appreciated thing? The wind is described like a bird, flying and “beat(ing) around in its cage of trees,” wanting to be set free (2). The personification of the wind gives the normally less powerful force more shape and life, as though it is capable of great destruction. Similarly, the “starlings peck at the ice,” trying to break through (3). There is a theme of breaking free from confinement in these two lines, which is an interesting concept when the reader is introduced to the wife in the second stanza. She “stays home and stares from the window” at the outside world, which is clearly a depressing scene due to the harshness of the winter

Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated that “the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.” Nature in all its forms parallels with life, death, and the soul. Whether the sunshines or the rain falls, whether a flower blooms or willows, nature will always recreate itself and remain a mystery to mankind. To become one with nature, one must explore oneself and know that the simplicity found in it is both divine and perfect. The theme of nature plays a mayor role throughout Whitman, Dickinson, and Emerson’s writings. Each poet conveys his or her view of nature in a unique and symbolic way by searching for the

Nature has always had a role in providing for humanity. However, what does it provide for humanity? The poems that Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Williams present touches upon the topic of this. To help support their perspective on how nature provides for humanity, and what it provides, the three of them use both imagery and structure to go into detail as to why their perspective is so.

As humans grow in mind and body, we become more dependent on nature. We learn how important the trees, grass, and even the sky really is. This relationship with nature comes from deep within, almost spiritual. Although, we may not reverence nature enough, this connection humans have with nature, can be made evident in writing. Authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson, explain nature and the meaning of it all.

Unlike society, Wordsworth does not see nature as a commodity. The verse "Little we see in Nature that is ours" (3), shows that coexisting is the relationship envisioned. This relationship appears to be at the mercy of mankind because of the vulnerable way nature is described. The verse "This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon" (5), gives the vision of a woman exposed to the heavens. In addition, the phrase "sleeping flowers"(7) might also describe how nature is being overrun unknowingly.

Nature has an undefinable meaning as the theme is utilised in literature, and it has been a topic of reflection within the Romanticists since the beginning of the era. Romanticism and nature and inextricably linked ideas. Poets; Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman wrote during the romantic era, and both drew heavily from aspects of nature in their work. Nature can be paralleled against several things, including humanity and the idea of life and death. The contrast between the natural world and the artificial world, and what this means for society, is also strongly eluded to in Dickinson and Whitman’s poems. Each poet uses nature as the backbone to their poetry in several instances. Dickinson’s, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”, (Dickinson, 19) and “My Life Has Stood A Loaded Gun”, (Dickinson, 69) are strong examples of this. Whitman’s, “Song of Myself”, (Whitman, 29) and, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, (Whitman, 255) are also poems that show the connection between nature and romanticism. Poets, Dickinson and Whitman engage with romanticism in a creative and constructive manner through the utilisation of the natural world.

An aabbccdd rhyme scheme is used in this short but well expressed couplet. Personification is frequently used frequently throughout the poem to make it evident to the readers that God’s creation of nature is living. For an example, in stanza 2, Kilmer says, “A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast”, verifies that nature works hand in hand with one another for survival and lives. Seasonal changes us readers can relate to such as summer,

Over time, poetry has changed and evolved in its sense of the word nature. In its beginnings the idea of nature or natural was seen as negative and evil. However, in more recent times due to the era of Romanticism, nature in poetry is viewed in a positive and even beautiful light. William Wordsworth was a poet who wrote his poetry with a romantic attitude. Furthermore Wordsworth wrote specifically the poems “We Are Seven” (WAS) and “Three Years She Grew” (TYSG) in a style that showcased the superiority of nature over society. “We Are Seven” and “Three Years She Grew” portray a romantic attitude in their works, additionally the values placed on the natural world over the societal world

The speaker refers to the night as his acquaintance. This implies that the speaker has a lot of experience with the night, but has not become friends with it. Thus, because even the night, which has been alongside the speaker in comparison to anything or anyone else, is not a companion to the speaker, the idea of loneliness is enhanced. In addition, “rain” (2) is used to symbolize the speaker’s feelings of gloom and grief, because there is continuous pouring of the rain, which is unlikely to stop. In line 3, “city light” is used to convey the emotional distance between the speaker and society. Although the speaker has walked extensively, he has not yet interacted with anyone – thus distancing himself even further from society. Moreover, the moon, in lines 11 to 12, is used as a metaphor of the speaker’s feelings. The speaker feels extremely distant from society that he feels “unearthly.” The idea of isolation and loneliness in this poem is used as the theme of the poem; and the use of the setting and metaphors underscores the idea that the speaker feels abandoned from society.

However, this bourgeois dream seems more like a nightmare for poet laureates such as William Wordsworth and William Blake, as well as other Romantic poets like John Keats, who stress the importance of nature and its landscapes over the rapid expansion of an industrialized society. More specifically, writers of this period believe that spiritual and emotional healing is a result of nature, which “for the Romantics becomes a means for divine revelation” (Wordsworth). That is to say, Wordsworth and Romantics alike argue that nature is peace and the closest connection humans have of heaven on earth. Once the connection between humans and

Nature teaches us not only to love fellow human beings but also all beings on earth; all beings are the children of Mother Nature. Mother Nature treats all her creatures alike, from the highest form of life of man to the lowest, holding such a beautiful balance among all. If we are sensitive enough we find the integrity, the unity, the oneness. By imbuing ourselves with its loveliness, nature refines our youthful love rendering it a tranquil, transcendental quality. It strengthens our other qualities as well like holier love between brother and sister, friends and societies and universal brotherhood. Our love owed much of its strength to the common love for nature, a feeling so moving and so universal. Sometimes, our vision is skewed; we fail to grasp the quality of oneness. Still, like a mother, Mother Nature is always there around us to unite

Throughout today’s society there are several different cultural perspectives which form theoretical and practical understandings of natural environments, creating various human-nature relationship types. In this essay, I will describe and evaluate different ways of knowing nature and the impact of these views on human-nature relationships. From this, I will then explore my own human-nature relationship and reflect on how my personal experiences, beliefs and values has led me to this view, whilst highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each and reflecting upon Martin’s (1996) continuum.

Secondly, “nature” is a common element found in many Romantic poets though it may be represented in different ways. For example, for Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the interaction between man and nature is a major theme. Coleridge has developed the concept of nature and how nature is reflected on one’s imagination in his poem “Kubla Khan”. “Kubla Khan” voices the imaginative story of a trip to the pleasure-dome meant to reflect man’s connection with the natural world. He agrees to the fact that the imagination and how we interpret the world around us is truer than holding to the teachings of divine beings or gods. (Kant’s philosophy)

The poem emphasizes on the idea of how humans are so selfish and focused on themselves that they fail to see the importance of nature. The poem starts out with the speaker stating that humans are too involved with the ever growing industry and money (“Getting and spending”)(2). And because of their interest in the growth of the industries, money, and power, they are paying less attention to nature. ¨We lay waste to our powers¨(2) reflects on how humans have the ability to protect nature but are just putting this ability to waste. By stating “For this, for everything, we are out of tune,”(8) the speaker is clearly claiming that humans are wrong to be unable to truly appreciate nature and see its value. The speaker then appeals to God and expresses how he/she would rather be a person who believes in an outdated belief system than to become ignorant of the beauties nature has to offer (“It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be/ A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn”) (9-10). Perhaps by staying connected with nature, would the speaker be able to feel less sorrowful of how the world is changing and not being appreciative of nature (“So might I, standing on this pleasant lea/ Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn”)(11-12).