TO NATURE

TO NATURE -SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGESAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE1772-1834ENGLISH POET, CRITIC, PHILOSOPHERMAJOR POEMS- KUBLA KHAN, RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, CHRISTABELMAJOR FORCCE BEHIND THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENTTO NATUREIt may indeed be fantasy when I Essay to draw from all created things Deep, heartfelt, inward joy that closely clings; And trace in leaves and flowers that round me lie Lessons of love and earnest piety. So let it be; and if the wide world rings In mock of this belief, it brings Nor fear, nor grief, nor vain perplexity. So will I build my altar in the fields, And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be, And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee, Thee only God! and thou shalt not despise Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice.SUMMARY "To Nature" is a poem written bySamuel Taylor Coleridge. In this poem, Coleridge speaks of how he loves nature, and because of this he has learned something about love and piety. He goes on to compare nature to God or a spirit or at the very least a church. He goes on to say that he will put his alter in the fields and compares himself to a priest. This poem is written as one stanza with fourteen lines. It is rhymed as ABBAACCDEDEDFF and is written in iambic-pentametervocabularyFantasy-/fantsi,/- the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable thingsHeartfelt-/htflt/- (of a feeling or its expression) deeply and strongly feltCling-/kl/ - hold on tightly to.Piety-/pti/ -the quality of being religious or reverent.

Perplexity-/pplksti/ -inability to deal with or understand something.Incense-/nsns/ -perfume with incense or a similar fragranceDespise-/dspz/ -feel contempt or a deep repugnance forSacrifice-/sakrfs/ -give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations.

imageriesAltar- fieldsDome- blue skyIncense- fragrance of wild flowers

activitiesPrepare posters related to the beauty of natureDraw a scenery. Find out the rhyming words in the poem

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