nature to mourn the premature death of John Keats Spring is deeply affected by the death of the poet as though she has seen Autumn which is the symbol of fall or death in literature Such beautiful communication with nature could only be possible by a creative genius like Shelley Nature as a True Companion Shelley considers Nature to be a true friend that can solace a suffering human heart He often personifies the objects of Nature and talks and listens to them In the very poem Adonais Nature comes forward to share the poet's agony over the premature death of Keats Here Shelley surpasses the romantic poets and says Peace peace he is not dead he doth not sleep He hath awaken'd from the dream of life The Symbolic Perspective of Nature The symbolic perspective of nature is common in poetry but Shelley as a revolutionary master gives concrete shape to his abstract thoughts and emotions by drawing on the symbolic perspective of nature In Adonais pansies are the symbols of the fate of poetry and violets symbolize modesty and innocence Besides the objects of nature symbolically signify immortality that is also found in this poem He is made one with Nature there is heard His voice in all her music from the moan Of thunder to the song of night s sweet bird Thus Shelley has eternalized Keats with the powerful and vast symbolic source of nature Myth-making Power Another aspect of nature in Shelley s poetry is his myth-making power This is evident in Adonais as well Morning thunder ocean winds echo spring and other objects of nature have been personified for two purposes One is to mourn for the premature death of Keats and another is to establish a bond between nature and mankind Thus Shelley can feel Nature and its phenomena as the source of power He can detach himself from the past and the present and go on creating fresh and new nature myths at will Platonism and Pantheism Shelley shows two dimensions of nature at the same time Like Plato he believes that Everything in nature has a spiritual power or dimension The spirit of nature is the spirit of love From a pantheistic perspective he believes that every aspect of Nature is only a manifestation of one invisible soul or spirit And after death everything will be reunited with that one soul The Poet says He is secure and now can never mourn A heart grown cold Nor when the spirit's self has ceas'd to burn With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn In conclusion it can be said that Shelley s treatment of nature is unique Nature is the pure shelter for the sufferers and a vast source of spiritual power There is no limitation to the source of myths and symbols in Nature And the direct connection of nature with human beings has made Shelley a praiseworthy poet of nature