Romanticism Values Synthesis

Romanticism is widely used even today. Nature over man-made plays a huge part in the romanticism genre. This is shown in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray. The surroundings of the poem really show the importance of nature and it's beauty. "Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight/ And all the air a solemn stillness holds,/ Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,/ And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds." This quote is talking about the landscape. Another piece of literature that shows nature over man-made is The World is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth. In this poem it is saying that we have many distractions in the human world and we should be more focused on nature. "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:/ Little we see in Nature that is ours." This quote is explaining that we spend way to much time on worrying about getting and spending. We want to get more [money] so that we can spend it. Finally, Lines Composed a Few Miles About Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth is also focused on nature. This poem was written after he had taken a five mile walk with his sister. "These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs/ With a soft inland murmur." This quote is explaining how magnificent the water and how necessary it is to human life and existence.