There are many different ways the Romantic poets use nature in their poetry. In Shelley's "Mont Blanc", he uses it to suggest what we can learn from nature and the mind itself. Shelley describes nature as an influential power and it stands out in intensity. He concludes that the role nature plays and the relationship between humankind and nature must have in order for an interaction to occur.
When Shelley uses the mountain, he states his perception on the significance of the mountain, because it is a rare source of knowledge. In his eyes, the mind can be at rest and unproductive when it is aware of any truths about human existence. When we are sleeping, that is the time where our minds are free of thought and knowledge of the truth.
This all goes back to the mountain in the poem, which has a powerful presence, and how sleep is a powerful sense. He says, “the mountain possesses the ability to unfurle the veil of life and death", in other words Shelley was allowed to see visions of sleep while he was awake, or this could have been a state of dreaming. Also, in the poem Shelley experiences an example of a relating process, which is when all reality comes to an existence. He explains the cycle of the mountain, which symbolizes the universal law of cause and effect. This law plays a major role in the poem because it determines anything a person experiences. For example, the river helps the trees grow along the banks; in order for humans to live, we need trees to grow to produce oxygen. As for the glacier on the mountain, it creates the river when the snow melts.
All of these elements connect with each other which go back to the cause and effect law. Not only does the poem symbolize the cause and effect law, it also is an example of how thoughts come into being. Power is a mysterious force that hides from a single cause and the place where thoughts come from. When Shelley uses the river, he compares it to our imagination, where it is a place that can be viewed as an environment where people can thrive. In conclusion, Shelley states that the world of nature can influence thoughts and feelings. It can be viewed as knowledge rather than a fathomless mysticism. Also the opposite action of mankind and the universe must depend on another source for its origination, just like how thought relies on nature.
When Shelley uses the mountain, he states his perception on the significance of the mountain, because it is a rare source of knowledge. In his eyes, the mind can be at rest and unproductive when it is aware of any truths about human existence. When we are sleeping, that is the time where our minds are free of thought and knowledge of the truth.
This all goes back to the mountain in the poem, which has a powerful presence, and how sleep is a powerful sense. He says, “the mountain possesses the ability to unfurle the veil of life and death", in other words Shelley was allowed to see visions of sleep while he was awake, or this could have been a state of dreaming. Also, in the poem Shelley experiences an example of a relating process, which is when all reality comes to an existence. He explains the cycle of the mountain, which symbolizes the universal law of cause and effect. This law plays a major role in the poem because it determines anything a person experiences. For example, the river helps the trees grow along the banks; in order for humans to live, we need trees to grow to produce oxygen. As for the glacier on the mountain, it creates the river when the snow melts.
All of these elements connect with each other which go back to the cause and effect law. Not only does the poem symbolize the cause and effect law, it also is an example of how thoughts come into being. Power is a mysterious force that hides from a single cause and the place where thoughts come from. When Shelley uses the river, he compares it to our imagination, where it is a place that can be viewed as an environment where people can thrive. In conclusion, Shelley states that the world of nature can influence thoughts and feelings. It can be viewed as knowledge rather than a fathomless mysticism. Also the opposite action of mankind and the universe must depend on another source for its origination, just like how thought relies on nature.
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