An Analytic View on “Hymn of the City” Romanticism, in its entirety, is the love of all the good qualities of earth and its inhabitants. This love also includes the supernatural, mystical, and morale thought along with the physical aspects. “Hymn of the City” is a clear example of a poem from the Romantic Era. The poem explains how God is every where, “thy Spirit is around.” In the poem a happy description of the …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…life shows Bryant’s love of and belief in God and his goodness. Bryant clearly got to the some of the more important points of Romanticism. All in all William Cullen Bryant’s “Hymn of the City” is a perfect example of the thoughts of the Romantic Era, reading this poem will give almost tangible material to further explain the ideals of Romanticism. This is one of many Romantic interpretations of God and the world.