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Nature

Personified natural world, contrasted with divine grace.

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Also known as V Nature, great Nature

Nature shows up with force in I: Solitude. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Personified as a spirit ranging through earth, stream, and air, contrasted with lifeless art; described as lovely and a source of joy.

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In I: Solitude: Personified as a spirit ranging through earth, stream, and air, contrasted with lifeless art; described as lovely and a source of joy. Later, in V: Nature and Art: Personified as a powerful, life-giving…

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Character groups

Scriptural, Historical, and Allegorical Figures
Divine and Biblical Figures
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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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I: Solitude
Personified as a spirit ranging through earth, stream, and air, contrasted with lifeless art; described as lovely and a source of joy.
V: Nature and Art
Personified as a powerful, life-giving spirit that the speaker venerates.
Snapdragon
Referenced as the source of braver flowers and the natural world the speaker contrasts with its own artificial home.
XI: My Lady Nature and Her Daughters
Personified as 'My Lady Nature,' depicted as a radiant, industrious, and playful force that mirrors the virtues and adornments of ladies.
Sleeplessness
Referenced as the source of a withering ban that punishes human pride.
CXII: The Elements
The framework within which man is permitted to scan and learn, yet ultimately subject to divine control.
CLXI: The Month of Mary
Described through green leaves, flowers, grass, and sunshine, all subject to decay and transience.
Heathen Greece
Described as scornful of earth's fading green robes, standing in undecayed beauty.

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