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"To Autumn" and "To a Skylark": Two Examples of Romantic Era Poetry about Nature
Poets of the Romantic Era tried to express their feelings of beauty, nature and decay through poems and other means of literature. Two Romantic poems concerning nature are "To Autumn" by John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley's "To a Skylark." These two poems celebrate different aspects of nature: as the title of the poem suggests "To Autumn" is about the season of autumn, whereas "To a Skylark" is about a skylark, a miniscule bird that is famous for its song. Percy Bysshe Shelley compares the skylark to many different beautiful things to show that the skylark is far more superior to them.
The vivid use of imagery throughout the two poems attracts the reader's interest and conveys the writers' creativity. Both of the poems are packed with imagery which not only shows their uniqueness but also the intensity and sophistication of the poets. The first stanza in "To...
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