Romanticism, Slavery, and the Supernatural Throughout the 18th century, the Romantic era dominated Western cultural thought. Romanticism was a huge artistic movement that influenced some of the many well-known artists we study today. Percy Shelley was one such artist. Shelley was infamous for his anarchism, atheism, and provocative selfish views. But to some, Shelley seemed to be a romantic philosophical poet with beautiful works of art. Stanzas Written in Dejection-December 1818, near Naples was a poem written by Shelley which expressed the romantic work because of its literary structure and style relating to nature. Shelley uses the elements of human feeling as well as natural imagery in this romantic poem. The natural imagery in the first half of the poem gives the audience the impression of a beautiful and peaceful environment. Shelley gives an optimistic perspective of nature in this poem saying, “The sun is warm, the sky is clear, the waves dance fast and bright. » He is able to connect with nature by personifying it. He expresses: “The breath of ...