Romantic period. Romantic poets looked to nature as a way to show lessons‚ such as the organic cycle of birth‚ growth‚ death and rebirth. The reader can easily relate to this‚ whether it be comforting or disturbing. Two authors‚ Henry Longfellow and William Bryant express their attitudes and feelings about nature in similar ways. Longfellow’s "The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls"‚ and Bryant’s‚ "Thanatopsis" show that they view death in a good way. To begin with‚ Henry Longfellow uses nature in contrast with
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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. In fact‚ once the reader gets halfway through the poem they discover that Bryant uses these words almost interchangeably
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his romance with Nature‚ by having William Cullen Bryant describe how he feels with the different forms of nature. Nature to him‚ is a girl that he has feelings for‚ and cares about. Another aspect of Thanatopsis showing the parts of Romance can be found in lines 17-20 which reads‚ “ Yet a few days‚ and thee The all- beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground‚ Where thy pale form was laid with many tears. William Cullen Bryant is truly describing the death of nature
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writings stir passion which leads to the rejection of reason and logic. By design‚ fictitious scenes that please‚ but are far from the truth‚ are the foundation of Romanticism. It prefers to see the world as dynamic and imaginative. Irving‚ Cooper‚ and Bryant exemplified Romanticism in “Rip Van Winkle‚” “The Slaughter of The Pigeons‚” and “Thanatopsis‚”respectively. The first example of Romanticism is Washington Irving’s inventive writing “Rip Van Winkle‚" which promotes imagination over reason and
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interests in the past. One particular piece‚ William Cullen Bryant’s "The Prairies" captures an strong sympathetic look to the past. In his poem "The Prairies"‚ William Cullen Bryant’s exhibits a sympathetic interest in the past throughout this work. Bryant begins his poem by saying‚ "These are the Gardens of the Desert‚ these/ The Unshorn fields‚ boundless and beautiful‚ / And fresh as the young earth‚ err man had sinned-/ The Prairies" (L 1-4). Here Bryant shows that many settlers move West in an
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the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven and in the poem “Thanatopsis”‚ there are two different views of heaven but a similar idea that all people will be there. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant there is the required nostalgia for the past and use of imagination to comprehend the idea of oversoul ‚but each story provides two distinct
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In the poem “Thanatopsis‚” the author William Cullen Bryant suggests that we should not fear death. He proposes that through the teachings of Nature we should find comfort in knowing death is truly not so terrifying and lonely‚ and that it can actually be quite pleasant. In the first stanza‚ Bryant focuses more on “Nature” and her teachings than on death‚ though of course death is mentioned. He accomplishes this by personifying Nature as a beautiful woman. He writes that those who hold “communion
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contrast the following two texts. Include comments on the similarities and differences between the texts and the significance of context‚ purpose‚ audience‚ and formal and stylistic features. Cranes by Jennifer Ackerman‚ and To a Waterfowl by William Cullen Bryant‚ both aim to enlighten and educate their readers on the behavior and beauty of waterfowl. Text 1‚ Cranes‚ an article from National Geographic from 2004‚ demonstrates how people can help birds discover their migration patterns‚ while in contrast;
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fear of that. Because they think “death” is the end of their life. But William Cullen Bryant has another side to look at “death”. “Thanatopsis”‚ that means “a view of death”‚ it’s also the name of a poem by Bryant. This poem is one of the classics about death as it offers a peaceful view of death‚ comfort for the living‚ and no matter what a person’s religious beliefs‚ the poem are still applicable. Talk about “death” William Bryant doesn’t think it’s painful; the death is a part of a life. If there
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Romanic period. “Thanatopsis” was written by William Cullen Bryant‚ who grew up in Cummington‚ Massachusetts in the late 1700s and early 1800s. “Thanatopsis” was written in the early 1800s. “Because I Could not Stop for Death” was written by Emily Dickinson‚ a recluse who lived in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. Only twelve of her poems were published in her lifetime; however‚ after her death‚ there were many others published. Emily Dickinson and William Cullen Bryant both wrote poems during the romantic period
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