The poem, "The Snake," by Theodore Roethke, identifies most with the Romanticism era. The Snake portrays a graceful animal that had nothing to worry about. Roethke shows the graceful movement of the snake by describing him as "gliding" rather than slithering. This also shows the beauty the author sees in the snake rather than the disgust that most people feel when they see a snake. The author thoroughly describes the snake and its peaceful life in the first tow stanzas of the poem.
A very crucial aspect of Romanticism is nature's influence on the way it is written. This particular piece of poetry is purely based on the snake, which is an animal in nature. Romanticism also focuses on human emotions and their connection to nature. In the "Snake," Roethke focuses on the emotions that the human felt when he or she encountered the snake. The author emphasizes the beauty the person saw in the snake and their longing to have a life that was pure and carefree, just like the snake.
