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The treatment of nature in English poetry between Pope and Wordsworth

Note 3 — INTRODUCTION

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(a) They express childlike delight in the open-air world. (b) They use Nature as the background or setting for human action or emotion. (c) They see Nature through historic coloring. (d) They make Nature sympathize with their own feelings. (e) They dwell upon the inhuman or infinite side of Nature. (f) They give description for its own sake. (g) They interpret Nature by imaginative sympathy. (h) They use Nature as a symbol of spirit.

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