1. American Romanticism The term "Romaticism" is derived from "romantic, adj. - Lit. 'pertaining to a romance', fr. F. romantique, fr. MF. romant (whence F. roman, 'novel'), back formation fr. late L. Romanice, 'in Vulgar Latin'." Romaniticism was a transatlantic cultural phenomenon that occurred both in Europe and in North America, even though at different times. The Romatic period in American literature and art followed the Enlightenment period. Enlightenment's highest values concerning epistemology, aesthetics and human …
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…harmony lies in nature. In contrast to this, civilization lacks harmony. There is plenty of bread and wine but she does not know how to handle it because she (coming from nature) is not used to it. She cannot understand her own feelings, her own inner self when she realizes that she has lost her hunger. Another poem that deals with the same subject is the very well-known short poem "Water is taught by thirst."