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Nature in the Poetry of William Wordsworth and William Blake. In the history of English literature, Romantic poetry is impressive for its several distinctive features, one of which is its intense involvement with and enthusiasm in Nature. The role of Nature is prominent in Romantic poetry, whereas, however, it acts as the inspiring, smoothing and enlightening agent to zealous nature lover William Wordsworth, it only serves as an assistant to William Blakes overwhelming imaginative poetry.

William Wordsworth: the Poet of Nature Wordsworth is renowned as the poet of nature. The primary concern of his poems is to appreciate the sublime beauty of Nature, to search for the union between the mind and Nature, and to acquire aspiring insights by embracing Nature. Among his illuminating poems, Lines Written in Early Spring introduces his fundamental attitude towards Nature.

In Lines composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth explores the effects of memory, time, and the landscape upon the human heart. While here I stand, not only with the sense. Oppression and Inequality.