How Thanatopsis was an example of Romanticism

The name of this poem was Thanatopsis, which translated from the Greek language means “death seeing.” The whole poem was about seeing the good in death and how people shouldn’t be afraid of it. This is an example of Romanticism because in the first section he is talking about how if you are afraid of death, you should go out into the woods and listen to Mother Nature. In Romanticism, one of their main focuses was to celebrate nature because it was the only tranquil part of life. The reason this was so important to them is because, unlike the Rationalists, Romantics believed in viewing life through imagination and fantasy. The Rationalists believed that life should be lived through science. The Romantics didn’t believe in this because they didn’t believe science was an important part of life. This is because, in their mind, life was only happy when you made it that way, by books and stories and adventures.
” When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;-- Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around-- Earth and her waters, and the depths of air,-- Comes a still voice--.”
This is a line from Thanatopsis, and this proves what they believed about nature. He is talking about how if you’re frightened of death or don’t want to face it, go out into an open field and listen to the voice of Mother Nature. She will speak to you and you will no longer be afraid of death. The next clue I have that this proves that this poem is about Romanticism is that he is showing the focus of Promotion of the common people. They believed that the adventures were more so in the common people, and that they could turn out to be heroes just like the kings and nobles.
“Shalt thou retire alone--nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt
lie down , With patriarchs of the infant world--with kings The powerful of the earth--the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.—“
Here he is talking about how when you die, it doesn’t matter who you were in life, in death you will be hanging out with all those people who were so important on earth and you are all the same.