The Beauty of Nature
...ods,” is soon after established and the narrator has come “to mean so little.” This vast and removed environment had made the narrator feel small and insignificant in comparison. Wary of “the big, brash spirit” of nature the narrator finds herself simply “numb as a fossil” watching “each day [conclude] in a huge splurge of vermilions”. The beauty and superiority has dumbfounded and astounded the narrator and in response is temporarily uneasy and timid in it’s presence. When the initial period of awe passes the narrator begins to take advantage of her insignificance in the wilderness. She becomes comfortable and relaxed as she finds that here she holds no responsibilities or “old simplicities” that city life demands. The narrator tells us that “one wearies of the Public Gardens” and that “one wants a vacation / Where trees and clouds and animals pay no notice”. The tasks and expectations placed on the narrator have tired her out and she is now content with invisibility and quiet, relaxing time with her companion. Her sudden enjoyment of this insignificance has created a great distaste for civilization. She wishes to escape “the labeled elms, the tame tea-roses” and believes that “in a month [they’ll] wonder what plates and forks are for”. The narrator and many others use camping as an escape from civilization to simply relax and escape from the duties and hassles of life. Nature can be the “superior being” to shield us from busy, chaotic city life and provide a comfortable haven. Throughout the poem the narrator begins to adventure the thought of who in the world controls whom. She becomes inspired by her insignificance to her environment and reflects that maybe nature controls humans as opposed to the belief that humans control nature. She first introduces the idea subtly at the beginning of the poem by mentioning t...