Northrop Frye’s “A Natural Perspective”: Holding “The Mirror Up to Nature”

Discuss the saying of Northrop Frye’s “A Natural Perspective”: “In comedy and in romance, the story seeks its own end instead of holding the mirror up to nature.”

To what extent does one author attempt to hold “the mirror up to nature”? To what extent do they depart from this aim? Refer to “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and other poems in “Lyrical ballads” by William Wordsworth.