What Role Does Nature Play In Promoting Solitude And Individualism

To what extent does the role of nature play in promoting solitude and individualism in the poems of To Nature, Autumn, and I wandered lonely as a cloud

During the times of the American Revolution in 1776 and French Revolution in 1789 many English writers started focusing on the belief in the individual and self power of nature to inspire interest in the mystical and supernatural embrace freedom and revolution. Acting directly against the 18th century ideals of logic order and classical ideas, while the subject of literature moves away from the city and focuses on the countryside. Famous writers such as John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth really zone in on what it means to be a romantic writer. In the poetry of Keats,

Some people enjoyed the excitement and craziness of the city, however for the Romantics they chose to escape the city and live a life where one can be with nature. In I wandered lonely as a cloud Wordsworth refers to how he prefers nature over the city by describing how beautiful nature is, “Ten thousand saw at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” By illustrating the immense quantity of daffodils swaying in the field you feel that Wordsworth much prefers the simple life in the rural than the hectic city life. Coleridge enjoys the rustic lifestyle more than anything. In Coleridge’s poem To Nature he talks about how he wants to build an altar in a field so that he can honor nature and how beautiful it is, “So will I build my altar in the fields… And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields.” In Coleridge’s life his father was very religious and wanted him to become a clergyman, however Coleridge's love for the nature was already lit and could not be put out. When Coleridge says the phrase, “and flowers that round me lie lessons of love and earnest piety” shows that he would much rather learn from nature than from a scripture about