..Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs– To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another’s mind. While the touch of Nature’s art Harmonizes heart to heart. I leave this notice on my door For each accustomed visitor:– “I am gone into the fields To take what this sweet hour yields;.. Awake! arise! And come away! To the wild woods and the plains, And the pools where winter rains Image all their roof of leaves, Where the pine its garland weaves Of sapless green, and ivy dun Round stems that never kiss the sun: Where the lawns and pastures be, And the sandhills of the sea:– Where the melting hoar-frost wets The daisy-star that never sets, And wind-flowers, and violets, Which yet join not scent to hue, Crown the pale year weak and new; When the night is left behind In the deep east, dun and blind, And the blue noon is over us, And the multitudinous Billows murmur at our feet, Where the earth and ocean meet, And all things seem only one In the universal sun. . Percy Bysshe Shelley
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In the poem "I Am Gone Into The Fields", John Clare writes of a solitary experience of nature. In this poem, Clare writes of being alone with nature and how beautiful it is to be alone with nature. He also writes of how beautiful it is to be able to see nature's beauty and how beautiful it is that he never had to meet anyone. When I first read this poem, I really liked it because it really spoke about being alone with nature, but as I got deeper into the poem I started to see all of the symbolism within the poem.

In the first stanza, Clare writes "I am gone into the fields/To take what this sweet hour yields." This means that he is going from town to town looking for nature but never finding anything. In the second stanza, he writes "Awake! arise! And come away!" which means that he will never go back to town again and will only go into the fields and live outside of towns. In his third stanza he writes "Where the pine its garland weaves/Of sapless green, and ivy dun." This means that in these fields there are pine trees that are making garlands in order to decorate themselves in winter in order to get protection from the cold winds.

Also in his third stanza, he writes "Where the lawns and pastures be/And sandshills of the sea." He is saying that when you are in these fields, you can see where cows graze, grasses grow, and where sea shells are found. The fourth stanza talks about when he is in these fields "When night is left behind/In the deep east, dun and blind" which means when he leaves town at night it will be dark because there is no sun there. Also in his fourth stanza he says "And blue noon is over us/And multitudinous Billows murmur at our feet" which means that when you live in the day time that everything feels peaceful but when night falls upon you everything starts shaking becuase all of the water comes together on your feet so there is nothing around you but water.

The last line talks about when Clare thinks about leaving towns behind him again it makes him feel peaceful because he does not want people to bother him any more.

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