The underlying theme in many works produced in the Romantic Era is the complete power of nature over humanity and the human spirit. In many such works, nature's forces are used as metaphors for inspiration on the part of the poet. Such poets who embraced the custom of nature in their works included; William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon, Lord Byron, and John Keats. William Wordsworth wrote in a time when society …showed first 75 words of 1412 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1412 total…third section relates the winds effect on the waves in the sea, which Shelley describes as ".. Grey with fear and tremble and despoil themselves…"(627-41) With the underlining theme of nature in their works, in one way or another, each of the poets expressed their love for the true beauty of all that nature exhibits, gave an awe for it’s incredible power over all things, and a had deep respect for its unseen endlessness.