Imagination and Emotion:
-the highest forms of expression
-some elements of the world that can never be fully understood
-i.e. love, justice, passion, hatred

Nature:
-dominate image was the beauty and peacefulness of nature

Individualism:
-focus on the individual's wants and desires
-writing can be an expression for one's self

Revolution of the Common Man:
-celebrated the ordinary as extraordinary
-used the vernacular of the common people