예이츠는 자연시에서 현세를 벗어나 저편의 이상향을 그리는 낭만주의적인 성향을 보여준다고 여겨져 왔다. 하지만, 그의 전원풍의 시는 전통적인 이상향을 추구하면서도 현실에 대한 비극적인 인식과 도피를 추구하지 않는다는 점에서 전원시의 전통에서 벗어나 있다. 예이츠의 독특한 상상력은 오히려 동양적인 자연관을 연상시키며 현대의 생태적 인식에도 닿아있는 것으로 여겨진다. 이에, 논자는 예이츠의 자연시 몇 수를 조선시대의 강호가도와 비교하며 그의 자연시의 동양적, 생태적 풍미를 제고하고자 한다.

The nature poems of G. M. Hopkins is generally characterized as a sensitive observation on the natural objects. But the most distinctive character of his poems is in its motion and trembling. It is related with his peculiar poetic concept ‘inscape’ and ‘instress.’ We can see too many proves of this moving in Hopkins’s poetry. In his nature poems, every tree, spring water and grass is alive. Even the cloud is described as a moving life force in his diary or poems. It is surprising to be able to see so many life forces in one poet’s poems. This life force is more distinguished in his poem “The Windhover” or other poems of animal. And its climax, we can see in his poem “Harry, the Ploughman.” In this poem we can see wonderful observation on the body of a strong farmer. He observed even the minute motion of muscles one by one and he seems to be glad to see this manly body. Hopkins has an inclination of the socialist and he liked more the labouring men than the cultured weak people. Another example is Tom in “Tom’s Garland” and the blacksmith in “Felix Randal.” This is in striking contrast to Yeats’s early nature poems which are considered as a dreamy poetic world. Yeats was too devoted to one woman’s love and his early poems are a kind of escape from this world. His nature is a retirement place from this world. Contrary to this, Hopkins’s nature is a life itself. For him the whole world and nature are a great and perfect work of God. And he caught its highest moment in its motion, that is inscape.

Song sun(1493~1582) is one of the most famous writers in the 16C in Chosun dynasty. He lived all his life as an politician and poet. Song sun, born at Bongsan, Damyang in Chunnam, was especially instrumental in developing korean poetry. He is said to have written over 30 poems and korean poetry such as Myungangjeongga, which is Gasa and he is also credited with more than 500 Hansi. With these writings, he is frequently called the greates of korean poets. Our ancestors admired NATURE much more than any other nation. This is why most of their works are focused on natural poetry. Natural poetry made a start with the foundations from the poetry of Corye. This nature became the object of poetry in Chosun dynasty. From "Ganghosasiga" written by Mang sasung, nature came to be the stage of poetry. Thus, korean could find a true natural beauty in Chosun dynasty and many natural poems appeared in the world of poetry. But this nature is not the same to anyone. People have an apparently different point of view on nature. In the East, people were under the control of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Consequently it is natural that people who had a different thinking and philosophy had different sights on nature. In Buddhism, they thought nature as forest itself. In Taoism, they understood nature as a motionless one. and they regarded nature as an object which is considered to be looked at far in the distance in confucianism. Confucian often called it "Gangho" poems. The earlier natural poems of Song sun were not yet in harmony with Gangho, since he was still sttached to the reality. They became identical with nature in the late period. In this paper, we investigate the character and quality of Song sun's natural poems, that is, wide varieties of natural poems. It deals with the form of natural poems, the meaning of nature, the identification with nature and the view point on nature.