Comparing Poetry Of John Muir And William Wordsworth
Kimmy Tweed
Mr.Sparks English 1
5/4/15
Comparing essay and poetry
The two authors John Muir and William Wordsworth are two authors that write two different types of literature, one being poetry and the other being essays. These two illustrative literature artists both included nature in their writings. They say that poetry and essays are completely different but on the other hand they have similarities. In the essay "Calypso Borealis" written by John Muir he compared his life and his feelings to the world around him. The nature around him explained how he felt if you look deeper into what he was saying. His feelings showed through the plants flowers and fruit all around him. He explained that happiness and the joy that everything around him gave him. In the poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" written by William Wordsworth he explained …show more content…
A direct quote from his writing is "The rarest and most beautiful of the flowering plants I discovered on this first grand excursion was Calypso borealis (the HIder of the North)."I believe this explains a lot because this is the title of the essay. The author John Muir explains how it looks to him out in the real world and why the title of the essay is what it is. Another direct quote from his essay that i believe was important would be "But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung." I think this statement is important because he explains how nature can take you from feeling sad and down to feeling like everything is perfectly ok. He shows that nature has its darkness but you can change your mind in a heart beat when you see something
Mr.Sparks English 1
5/4/15
Comparing essay and poetry
The two authors John Muir and William Wordsworth are two authors that write two different types of literature, one being poetry and the other being essays. These two illustrative literature artists both included nature in their writings. They say that poetry and essays are completely different but on the other hand they have similarities. In the essay "Calypso Borealis" written by John Muir he compared his life and his feelings to the world around him. The nature around him explained how he felt if you look deeper into what he was saying. His feelings showed through the plants flowers and fruit all around him. He explained that happiness and the joy that everything around him gave him. In the poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" written by William Wordsworth he explained …show more content…
A direct quote from his writing is "The rarest and most beautiful of the flowering plants I discovered on this first grand excursion was Calypso borealis (the HIder of the North)."I believe this explains a lot because this is the title of the essay. The author John Muir explains how it looks to him out in the real world and why the title of the essay is what it is. Another direct quote from his essay that i believe was important would be "But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung." I think this statement is important because he explains how nature can take you from feeling sad and down to feeling like everything is perfectly ok. He shows that nature has its darkness but you can change your mind in a heart beat when you see something