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    William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” is an expression of how people are one with the natural world. It explains how when people die they will become part of the earth again. To William Cullen Bryant‚ people are created equal to each other. “Thanatopsis” means to have a view or contemplation of death. He also believes somehow nature is an antidote to the sorrow and despair that death brings. Studies have shown how nature is soothing to the soul of the depressed and obstructed. Nature can somehow

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    of elements such as nature‚ individualism‚ emotion‚ and imagination. William Cullen Bryant was a literary superstar of his time and the mastermind behind the poem‚ “Thanatopsis”. “Thanatopsis” focused on the concept of death being beautiful and pleasant. The romantic characteristics that are most effective in the poem‚ “Thanatopsis”‚ are individualism and imagination. Death is often associated with joining millions of others in some type of afterlife‚ but Bryant’s use of individualism

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    Thanatopsis Poem Analysis

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    Death is an ongoing mystery that has not been solved by humankind. It continuously is a thought of how or why leaving people like artists to try to make reason of it. The poems “Thanatopsis” by Bryant‚ “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas are three poems which speak of death; however they all have different purposes. They each explain and describe death with different points of views. Although all of the poems had different purposes‚ they also had similarities

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    Thanatopsis Literary Analysis “Thanatopsis” is one of the earliest poems written by nineteenth century poet‚ William C. Bryant. Thanatopsis can translate from the Greek language to mean “View of Death”. The poem tries to calm and console humans‚ and let us know that we will all die eventually. There are multiple themes and symbols that are connected to the poem. The symbols connected to the poem include things such as the sun‚ a couch‚ graves/coffins‚ and nature‚ among other things. The themes

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    speaker and writer William Cullen Bryant tried to comfort the public in his poem Thanatopsis. He explains in his poem that death is scary but it is not to be feared. William Cullen Bryant uses anastrophe and imagery to illustrate his theme that although death is inevitable and extremely scary it is not to be feared because when in death a person is not alone. Bryant uses anastrophe throughout the poem to illustrate his theme. By inverting the normal word order he brings attention to important lines

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” He means that it’s easy to flow with the crowd‚ but he respects the man who stays true to his own values when pushed into a crowd. Romanticism is a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 17th century‚ emphasizing inspiration

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    to die. Examples of this would be the three poems “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant‚ “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by The Blue Oyster Cult‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas. All of these are about death‚ but they have different points of view. “Thanatopsis” romanticizes death and is optimistic‚ “Dust in the Wind” portrays life as short and fleeting‚ and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” glorifies death. While the three poems discuss death the poem “Thanatopsis” has the most optimistic view. In the poem Bryant

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    Losing someone dear is similar to the trek of a rugged mountain journey.These hills are similar to William Cullen Bryant’s poem thanatopsis where he said “The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun the vales /stretching in pensive quietness between”(20). Initially‚ the journey feels incredible‚ each step of the hike coated with the weight of grief. Yet‚ with time‚ the peaks and valleys of memory become comforting footholds‚ offering help amidst the feeling of loss. Just as mountains stand against

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    based on romanticism such as "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant express a certain feeling not obtained in other kinds of poems. Many people in the romantic era believed that man’s purpose was to become one with nature. They felt power and wisdom comes from nature. They also believed in humanitarian which was an elevated common man or noble savage. Intuition was said to be more important than reason. People stressed the concept of following instincts. The poem "Thanatopsis" is a good example of romantic

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    The poem‚ "Thanatopsis‚" written by ‚ is a wonderful literary work which explores the often controversial questions of death. Within his well written lines Bryant attempts to show the relationship between death’s eternal questions and the ongoing cycle of nature and life. Upon concluding the poem many readers are able to reaffirm their faith of an afterlife‚ while others are left aimlessly pondering this strange possibility. Throughout the poem Bryant creates images which connect death and sleep

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