'It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.'
             A journey is an arbitrary, cyclic conduit to which no end can be foreseen. The arrival of a journey is not the end, simply a reflection on the events thus far, a pause in the eternal flight of life and beyond. It is the journey that provides us with knowledge and experience and the arrival is simply an element of that, thus, it is the journey, not the arrival that ultimately matters. The fantastical, speculative nature of imaginary journeys has enables composers to probe beyond convention, questioning human existence and transporting the responder beyond our physical confines into an alternate world. Nature is the portal to the imagination. As humans, we connect with its spirituality, as it is our stepping-stone to the divine and all that is beyond our concrete, physical world. William Blake expressed the idea in his lines, "To see a world in a grain of sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower," clearly showing that through the contemplation and presence of nature, our minds are able to cross into the imaginative world. Nature is the portal to the imagination.
             Romanticism was a reaction against the earlier period of classical poetry, which was intellectual, sophisticated, and formal. During the age of the French revolution, writers reacted against the idea that reason should suppress feelings and emotions. Some observed a societal change in the value of life. Humanity was becoming more commercially orientated and less sensitive to its natural surroundings. Gradually nature was seen as precious, representing truth and beauty. The 19th century was heralded by a major shift in the conception and emphasis of literary art and, specifically, poetry. During the 18th century, the catchphrase of literature and art was the reason. Logic and rationality took precedence in any form of written expression. Ideas of validity and aesthetic beauty were center...