Fears” and “Mezzo Cammin” by John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively‚ have similar themes such as the inevitability of death and the fear of living unfulfilled and inadequate lives. John Keats fears that he will live a life of inadequacy and fail to accomplish all of his dreams‚ but he understands that his goals are miniscule in the larger scope of life. Conversely‚ Longfellow maintains a morbid view of death and of the future itself‚ while Keats is more captivated by the human experience
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John Keats and “Mezzo Cammin1” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow can both be seen as poems written to show that death is inevitably drawing nearer. In both poems‚ symbols and diction are used to help the reader contrast the two separate works‚ and through these techniques‚ these two men elucidate on how humans can react to preordained death and how someone may feel once they grasp this concept. Similarly‚ both authors use symbols to depict the different meanings between the two poems. Keats uses
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poet was named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Leading an interesting and unique life while making poetry that was like by many in his time‚ Longfellow was rather successful. He achieved many goals‚ made many popular poems‚ had interesting events and most of all‚ and had a unique background. Longfellow was born in 1807. One of his most famous works was a long epic called Evangeline. Evangeline was also another important concept that had made him well known. Longfellow was a rather inspired writer during
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Analyze on The Tide Rises‚ The Tide Falls Abstract This poem was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1879‚ three years before his death. It illustrates the idea that humans are not be the most significant beings on the Earth through the use of poetic devices. Theme In the poem‚ Longfellow uses the traveler and hostler to symbolize two different aspects of humanity. The poem depicts life as a process which cannot be sped up or slowed down‚ and the repetition of the tide rising and falling
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Keats “If poetry come not as naturally as the leaves to a tree‚ it had better not come at all.” Negative capability: Keats believed that great people‚ especially poets‚ have to the ability to accept that not everything can be resolved. The truths found in the imagination access holy authority and cannot be otherwise understood. John Keats claimed that great artists possessed what he called “Negative Capability.” Such artists were “capable of being in uncertainties‚ Mysteries‚ doubts‚ without any
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Jasmine Carter Mr. Gillet A.P. Literature September 20‚ 2012 Keats and Longfellow Both Keats and Longfellow were poets during the Romantic period. The two compose poems in which they reflect on their inability to live up to their creative potential and the idea that death could intervene at any moment. Longfellow is disappointed in his failures and sees comfort in the past rather than an uncertain future. Moreover‚ Keats fears he won’t accomplish all that he wants‚ but sees possibility and realizes
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Everything Will Play Out In The End‚ “They” Said “When I Have Fears” By Keats has comparable situations to the poem of “Mezzo Cammin” by Longfellow. Each of these poems are complex in their own way where there are contrasts in them too. Both the authors use similar style of poetic techniques‚ but have a different perspective on their situation and one deals with not accomplishing as much as possible in life‚ and the other not acting upon what they really want to do. One contrast between the two
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1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? In the first stanza‚ he speaks of a meteor of the ocean air‚ which I assume compares the boat to a great and speedy force. In the second stanza‚ he says that the ship is the “eagle of the sea”‚ which compares it to the national bird and shows it’s strength and dignity. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚
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Report Theme: John Keats’ life and creativity work Presented by Checked by Contents: I. Introduction II. 1. General Information 2. Biography 3. Work * Early Poems (1814 to 1818) * 1814 * 1815 * 1816 * 1818 * 1819 * Letters 4. Criticism 5. Poem desiccated to John Keats III. Conclusion IV. Bibliography Introduction This work has
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John Keats lived only twenty-five years and four months (1795-1821)‚ yet his poetic achievement is extraordinary. His writing career lasted a little more than five years (1814-1820)‚ and three of his great odes--"Ode to a Nightingale‚" "Ode on a Grecian Urn‚" and "Ode on Melancholy"--were written in one month. Most of his major poems were written between his twenty-third and twenty-fourth years‚ and all his poems were written by his twenty-fifth year. In this brief period‚ he produced poems that
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