The general meaning in "Meeting at Night" (the land, the sea, the moon, the beach, fields). In some instances, natural is clearly an obstacle, something that must be negotiated during the speaker's journey to the farm house. In other instances, general is sort of like a blank sheet of paper, something on which the speaker can inscribe his own thoughts and feelings. For this reason, the various natural features in the poem also take on a symbolic role, representing things like passion and love.