Romanticism: Nature and the Individual

Nature and the Individual Romanticism is a style of literature that focuses on the inspiration of the beauty of nature. Throughout the 18th Century, there were many writers who wrote in this style. Some of the more famous pieces of Romantic literature and writers included The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, and Nature by Ralph Wald Emerson. By portraying the beauty of nature, these writers inspired a whole new era of writing. Romantic writers describe nature in three different seasons.

The first of these seasons is winter. The winter season until the first snowfall is portrayed as a time of despair and agony because of its dark and dreary feeling. During the first snowfall, though, the snow falls "Flake by flake, healing and hiding the scar that renewed our woe. " The snow of winter minimizes the grayness of winter bringing a conversion from sadness to hope. The snow on the trees brings delight to those who view the beauty of nature. The second season that Romantic writers describe nature in is spring.

Spring is "The change from storm and inter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones. " It is the time when the flowers start to come out, the birds come back from their migration, and nature is depicted extremely well. Spring is the bridge season from winter to summer. The last of the seasons that Romantic writers describe nature in is the summer months. These months consist of long, sunny days. This season is the happiest of all the seasons because the colors of nature are bright and "the air is a cordial of incredible virtue.

The summer months are the epitome of what the beauty of nature truly represents as the trees and flowers are in full bloom and there is excitement in the air. The beauty of nature is a very descriptive style of writing. In this way, the author explains precisely what they are talking about. Descriptive writing is the best type of writing for the beauty of nature, because the author's creativity and imagination pours out into their writings. Whether it is winter, spring, or summer, the beauty of nature is always represented in a positive way as a time of hope.