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The first author is William Wordsworth with the poem "Lines Written in Early Spring"; he has a way of bringing out nature's great offerings. The following author will be Robert Burns with his poem "A Red, Red Rose". I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind (1-4)Wordsworth is describing how he is sitting out in a grove, in a peaceful atmosphere and when everything is calm and for him it brings out the gentlemen with emotions. He is also saying that if we take the time to get out and enjoy nature that it will relax us and we will begin to see what is important. He is also hearing the birds singing that brings something to mind, perhaps past love. Wordsworth seems to be in some sort of pain, questioning if his lost love is fair or not, if it was is suppose to be with the following lines: If such be Natures holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man (22-24)Perhaps he is blaming it on himself that it is his fault that he is heartbroken. He may have brought on his hurt by himself, by what he has become and tried to do all that he could, but then he sees no worry with it because he sees nature and then thinks that it is the way it is suppose to be when he says: If this belief from heaven be sent (21)Wordsworth is also hinting at look how simple and basic nature is, we should also do the same by way of the birds in the poem and how they do not need to even move to get a point across. He wrote much of his work with the influence of nature not in a negative way but more in a positive.The second discussion is of Robert burns and his piece "A Red, Red Rose". Many thoughts may come to mind when you read the first line of his poem but as you go on it is as if you are in a way reading a fairy tale. Not everyone has their love relating to a red...

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