During the Romantic period writers shared common themes which they used in their stories and poems. They all generally believed in moral enthusiasm, the value of individuality, intuitive perception, and the idea that society corrupts and nature is good.
Many of the poems written during the Romantic period showed how nature is good and is in control. In William Cullen Bryant’s poem, “To a Waterfowl,” he illustrated how life’s path is nature’s path and some higher “Power” is the power of the human itself. He mentioned this in the