The one step that you can take when using the strategy of looping is that A. you freewrite about the subjects you have chosen.
There are many themes in romanticism but in my personal opinion the prominent theme would be that of emotion in its naturalist state. I can not guarantee you that each and every scholar agrees on this but inspiration and connecting emotionally with nature is what Romanticism heavily relied on.
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A) Metaphor, because the author is saying he/she IS someone else, rather than just LIKE someone else.