The Natural World

Poets like other people try to get et their inspiration from several sources, and the natural world is one main resource of inspiration. They try to connect it to their works to in many ways, like romantics for example. Furthermore, this natural world is full of samples and images that a poet can admire and link it to his/her idea and link people’s minds to it when they read the poem.
In fact, Blake and the others admired the natural world and its beautiful creation by god, and they even digged into the details of it to enhance and decorate their romantic works. In fact, this world is the mirror that reflects the ideas and words that some poets want to say and highlight
God created this natural world with all its phenomenon , for people to set, look and wonder. It is something that has infinite resources and constant explorations and renewals. The sunrise, the colors, the plants and all the things around us are resources of inspiration that are created for a reason. The poet William Blake used the rose flower and linked it to what is in his mind. He compared and linked love to a rose that is infected by a worm that damages its bed from the inside. The rose will start to fall little by little because of this warm and finally die, but dead or alive it is still a rose. The poet linked his romantics to the life cycle of a rose that is dying. This poem demonstrated the importance of the natural world on the romantics during Blake’s generation
In another piece of poetry, the poet Samuel Coleridge used the natural world to describe the atmosphere he wanted the readers to imagine. Hence, in “Frost At Midnight” he described the quite nights and showed how dark it is and how silence can describe the whole scene. He linked the beginning of his work to the natural world again and went on with his poem with other examples of nature.
In conclusion, the natural world is the theme and the model that the poets used to test their theories on and without the nature, they might not be able to tell what in their minds to people and they will understand what they want by themselves and keep it within them only.

I am Naif, a student at The University of Houston, from Saudi Arabia, and majoring in Management Information Systems (MIS). I transferred on a government scholarship to the University of Houston in the fall of 2006 after completing a year and a half at a private collage in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. I am doing great in my studies and I hope to graduate in the fall of 2009.

I am a former athlete. I used to play soccer and follow it wherever it goes. From Saudi to Spain, to England, and finally here in Houston after I a go a serious injury that wont allow me play soccer or even run again. I got a car accident that changed my whole life when I was 17 and made me think about my self in a deferent way and plan a new life from the start line again. I never imagined to be in this level in college or do what I do now out of school. I own and manage a couple of businesses and happy with my new life, but to be honest, I still have soccer in my mind and keep on watching it and encouraging children to play the game.

My experience in English writing is great. I wrote some good papers in the past which are related to my courses I took in college which were three classes in Saudi Arabia and two classes here at the University of Houston. I reached a good level of writing where I wrote a technical report about online auctions and got an A grade on it. Another report I wrote was an analytical report talking about the influence of politics on soccer and how the game is controlled by power and money in the present time. Both reports were interesting as I heard from my instructors and classmates. Furthermore, writing isn’t really a thing that I don’t like, but it is not a thing that I would do in my free time. I try to do it if I have some work that should be done, or sometimes I write some papers about soccer and keep it in my folders just incase I need it as a source when I participate in my soccer debates I have with some friends and coaches.

I participated in ENGL 2306 to satisfy the college’s core requirements. I had an option to choose another course, but I had a teacher and a poet in the past who inspired me and made me curious about poetry. He knew how to reach me in a way that pushed my curiosity buttons. I feel like a child still when someone try to keep something blurry from me and let me dig to find out more about it, which never made me board. Hence, I try to read some works of the old Arabic poetry and I find it interesting and makes feel I want to read more. In fact, a good grade in this course as any other in collage is my goal to graduate soon and keep my scholarship active.