By knowledge of the fact that passage two is a transcendentalist piece‚ It is obvious that it was written by Henry David Thoreau‚ a renowned transcendentalist. Thoreau typically uses rich imagery and metaphors in order to describe the beauty of nature‚ and a didactic tone is present in his other works‚ some examples being “Self-reliance” and “Walden.” “Walden” and “Self-reliance” both emphasize some of the key aspects of the transcendentalist ideology‚ particularly the importance of the individual
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Walden‚ written by Henry David Thoreau is highly cyclical text in nature. This cyclical structure contributes to prominent themes in the book such as nature‚ simplicity‚ and independence‚ and enhances the motif of the individual versus society. The aim of this paper is to examine the ways in which the text is cyclical‚ and analyze how this structure supports greater themes present in Walden. Ultimately‚ the cyclicality of the text manifests itself in concepts of time and seasons‚ the rhetoric
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Love of the mysterious‚ strange or supernatural is widely seen in Romantic Poetry. Through this idea‚ many authors were able to convey their love of nature. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ Coleridge uses imagery‚ alliteration and similes to demonstrate the isolation of the Mariner. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ Coleridge uses imagery to demonstrate the isolation of the mariner. “Alone‚ alone‚ all‚ all alone‚ alone on a wide sea!” (4.9) This quote illustrates the point that the mariner is very
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I’m a hopeless romantic‚ if I have to say the least about me. Robert M. Pirsig‚ in his Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance‚ classifies people into two types: romantics and classics. I’m the romantic. In the bluntest of terms‚ romantics are creative thinkers and classics are logical thinkers. Of course both types would have interchangeable qualities‚ but on a macro level‚ romantics dream up while classics drill down. Now that I’ve established a basic‚ arguable nonetheless‚ definition of the
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When comparing writers‚ it is hard to determine who is better when each style of writing is different. Especially‚ when they are from completely different eras. Each writer has a unique style of writing. Walt Whitman and Robert Frost were poets of differences and similarities. Each poet had a different style of writing. However‚ they both want to make that emotional connection to the reader. Whitman and Frost used nature as an opportunity in their poems to allow the reader to better interpolate the
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This landscape is truly a work of art complete with interesting textures‚ colors and composition; but it is created by both man and nature. Man has clearly labored hard to make this place his home; a more suitable place to reside. This is evident from the buildings he has created and the fields he has plowed. However‚ he has done so not to spite nature‚ but to live among it. In his creation‚ man has pruned the landscape‚ and introduced to it a new form of beauty. His goal is to live in harmony with
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Obsession in The Stone Carvers The Stone Carvers is a book of obsessions. Each one of the characters has their own obsessions that at one point they believe to be a natural and helpful to their lives. However each of the characters in The Stone Carvers learns that these obsessions with perfection‚ love‚ adventure‚ or anything end without them being able to be satisfied and on many occasions without achieving what they were obsessing over. The author Jane Urquhart made a compelling story on the
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Coleridges poem This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison teaches us that through an imaginative journey‚ you can broaden your mind and spirit. Imaginative journeys arent bounded by physical barriers and obstacles. They allow the power of imagination to achieve mental‚ spiritual and emotional freedom. Coleridge communicates this idea through the use of the main characters physical confinement under the bower tree. He is able to imagine his friends journey through dell‚ plains‚ hills‚ meadows‚ sea and islands
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Ivory Satterfield Bowser English-10 3 May 2012 The Rolling of the Tide Henry Longfellow‚ one of the greatest poets of all time uses different methods in his poems to help the reader grasp what he was trying to say. In “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls‚” Henry Longfellow uses repetition‚ imagery‚ and insignificance of humans to illustrate to the reader that the importance of people in this world is exaggerated. In Longfellow’s poem‚ he grasps the reader’s attention by using repetition through
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“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” seems like it could be a Christian allegory. It starts off with a Mariner‚ who represents all people. He gives his testimony‚ or story‚ of how he was saved. In the beginning of his tale he reports that he was sailing smoothly. A great storm rolls in on him and he does not see a clear path out. The albatross finds him and guides him out of the storm‚ just like Jesus guides each person through their hard times. As long as the man follows the albatross‚ the bird brings
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