otherwise, as it would have to be for this poem to work, as the knight would never have fallen in love. Therefore, it again shows the typical style of writing in that day and age as everything is portrayed as being beautiful and natural, and as knights in shining armour- a romantic notion. In this poem, nature is dominant and therefore powerful, as everything in the poem can be related back to nature as "the sedge has wither'd from the lake..." and even the imagery used has a strong link with nature, "she found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna dew...". This imagery actually shows a romantic side to nature and man, as the poem portrays man's ignorance towards nature's power, and therefore has nothing to stop him falling in love with nature's concoction of natural beauty.
             This is also quite a contrast to 'An Advancement of Learning', as this time the dominance lies with man and man's manipulation of nature with industrialisation and urbanisation; "The ri
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