Wordsworth's poems about Nature's natural beauty influenced John Muir to go beyond society.
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- Jun 23, 2022
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To what extent did the Romantic Movement influence the creation of the National Parks in North America?
Taking in nature's natural beauty, one cannot help but become inspired. The Romantic movement influenced the creation of North America's national parks: The idea of living sustainably in an environment where one can grow without society's tag's of the perfect image. The period can be recognized as the decade of inspiration. Despite the French Revolution, they were embracing the hardships of freedom and peace through society and equality through Romanism. Digging into the emotional aspect of an individual, an artist became fascinated with constructing an image which withered powerful emotion, anger, sadness, and shamelessness — embracing genuine emotion and catching the perfect imagery of something real open societies' minds toward nature. Even though nature is known for its natural beauty, it can also showcase terror and fear, shining light on the inspiration nature holds. Through the Romantic Era inspiring people to look under what is on the surface inspired Wordsworth to dig into the unknown aspects of nature. Furthermore, John Muir then inspired president Theodore Rosevelt on the importance of nature, moving Rosevelt into the making of National Parks. Wordsworth's poems about Nature's natural beauty influenced John Muir to go beyond society and live in nature, admiring all there is to offer.
In connection, Woodsworth's given interpretation of nature. Wordsworth's view on civilization was that we should all become more connected to our natural roots, becoming more involved with the world around us as a society. The earth is an immense creation of wonders which we take for granted during our everyday lives. In the poem "The Tables Turned."
Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books;
Or surely you'll grow double:
Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun above the mountain's head,
A freshening lustre mellow
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife:
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music! on my life,
There's more of wisdom in it.
And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
She has a world of ready wealth,
Our minds and hearts to bless—
Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health,
Truth breathed by cheerfulness.
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:—
We murder to dissect.
Enough of Science and of Art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.(Wordsworth,The Tables Turned)
Wordsworth puts into perspective the value all nature has to offer. Civilization is losing sight of the value of nature and how we take everything that has been provided for granted. Within the line, Wordsworth writes "Up!up! My Friend, and quit your books;" Interpreting how we become distracted by different fantasies within books, movies and other fantasies we do not reflect on the world we already have. Wordsworth does not use a fair amount of commas within the structure, indicating we take a break to reflect on what is being stated and its importance. Apostrophes are being used within the poem. Apostrophes indicate an emotion of excitement and importance. The use of repetition of the line "Up!up! My Friend, and quit your books;" however, instead of the phrase "books', "looks" is used. indicating as a society how much people latch onto the "perfect image" in comparison towards the quote written by Emily.A.Price, published by Society of Human Ecology, within the information provided Price voice is a reliable resource having a Ph.D. Emily's research and understanding of Nature and Psychoanalysis make her a reasonably reliable individual for information. The quotation provided states 'The value that a person places on the environment may play a role in whether or not she views herself as part of or separate from nature" (Price,Romanticism Movement Overview | TheArtStory.)Understanding how we as a society can reflect on natural beauty. Can reflect these natural beauties upon oneself by becoming more involved with our natural state, not putting into perspective the" civilized" perspective of beauty but perhaps creating a different take on a form of beauty. Each individual becomes at peace once more involved in nature because nature does not hold to the "standards" society will. Considering how we all could learn from nature, nature is free and open, fearless, something we as a society should converse to. Reflecting the importance of the message Wordsworth is trying to create: The image of civilization with no Christian, a civilization which respects the aspects of Nature.
In comparison to Wordsworth's view of nature, how nature can teach society to become whole, John Muir argues that we all are over-civilized people who need to become more connected to nature. John Muir's poem indicates, "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity, and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers but as fountains of life." (Muir, The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West) Within the quotation, John Muirs indicates that people are starting to realize nature's importance. "Going to the mountains is going home" represents how people in civilization connect towards Nature as an escape from reality, confronting the natural beauty, as far as describing the fountains of life is through a metaphor. Indicating that these fountains and natural rivers have more to offer, putting into perspective that getting water from the natural values of the earth is real. The aspects of using metaphors allow for more of an effect on the audience. Metaphors create more importance, allowing one's voice to specify importance. The article written by Rachel.E.Sulivan. The Distinction between Humans and Nature: Human Perceptions of Connectedness to Nature and Elements of the Natural and Unnatural,,the article's quotation is Coron(19950), which indicates," People should stop putting up borders between themselves and Nature."(Sulivan, Perceptions of Connectedness to Nature and Elements of the Natural and Unnatural ) He stated that people should connect to their roots in Nature to sustain a sustainable environment. John Muir indicates we all need to become more involved in nature, arguing that nature is in each individual; however, not everyone attempts to connect that part of themselves towards Nature because of the image of society. During this period, people were ashamed to show affection toward nature and love towards themselves. Because of the image civilization created, people were seen as abnormal or weird and perceived their interests. John Muir was seen as an abnormally different person living within nature to connect with Nature. Hence why, he describes society as 'over-civilized people."
In comparison with the two authors, we can indicate that Wordsworth's poems about nature's natural beauty influenced John Muir to go beyond society and live in Nature, admiring all there is to offer. Within the first paragraph, we understand how Woodsworth sees the importance of Nature, opening to all it has to offer and how society can learn from Nature. Through the second paragraph, we see John Muir's interpretation of societies undertaken upon Nature and how society should connect towards Nature. Reflecting on how great civilization is blindsided by what we take for granted and the natural beauty through nature. The similarities between the two writers' poems indicate that Woodsworth used nature to escape reality, comparing John Muir's work with noticing how Wordsworth's words could have influenced John Muir to leave civilizations becoming more involved with nature. We can see by comparing both authors to one another that each has the same view on Nature within the reality we live in. As well as, the authors have similar perspectives, which influence the readers to connect to Nature.
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