Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Nature can be found all around the world in different forms, climates, and colors. Though nature can vary drastically from one place to another, it can always be detected. Nature impacts everything in human lives; it determines clothing, food, activities, and more. Romantic composers value nature’s influential role in the development of understanding the world and human existence. Artists of this era, such as William Wordsworth; Samuel Coleridge; and John Constable, imbue their work with nature’s important dominance in human existence; they characterize nature’s significance through its production of good will, constant movement, and ubiquitous presence.

Like many other Romantic writers of his time, William Wordsworth examines nature and its substantial effects on the meaningful existence of humankind. More specifically, Wordsworth explores nature’s role in producing good will among individuals in his poem

Nature never ceases to move; it is always moving in some way. However, nature can be thrown off balance and affect earth’s creatures. Coleridge displays the balance between creatures and nature in his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. In his poem, an albatross is murdered by a ship worker; the worker is cursed because of his malicious act against nature. As a means of punishment, nature stands still; Coleridge writes, “Day after day, day after day,/ We stuck, nor breath nor motion;/ As idle as a painted ship/ Upon a painted ocean” (Coleridge). This excerpt portrays the imbalance between nature and humans. The wind does not blow, and the ocean does not move. These actions cause the ship to not move which displays nature’s crucial role in human existence. Nature is a critical aspect of humankind and helps to develop an understanding of the world. Without nature, humans would not be able to live; its movement keeps existence