Some examples of Romantic Tone Poems:

- Strauss, "Don Quixote" - listen for the musical representations of goats, and of windmills
- Mendelssohn, "Midsummer Night's Dream" - listen for the fairies flying about!
- Debussy, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" - listen to the way to mood is captured with the modal chords and harmonies!

Remember that you can choose any work of literature for an inspiration, as long as you have a way to musically express the events or characters, like these composers do.