Often considered the first period of American creativity‚ the Romantic period is placed within the historical context of westward expansion‚ the increasingly heated nature of the slavery question‚ and strained relations between the opposing desires for reform and separation found in the North and the South. Historically‚ this period of tensions resulted in the Civil War. Within the literature‚ however‚ the opposing views of life were able to co-exist relatively peacefully. Romanticism is typically
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LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY William Wordsworth CONTEXT (AO1) Written in July of 1798 and published as the last poem of Lyrical Ballads. At the age of twenty-three (in August of 1793)‚ Wordsworth had visited the desolate abbey alone. In 1798 he returned to the same place with his beloved sister‚ Dorothy Wordsworth‚ who was a year younger. Dorothy is referred to as "Friend" throughout the poem. (whom he addresses warmly in the final paragraph as "thou my dearest Friend‚
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A short Petrarchan sonnet by William Wordsworth‚ "London‚ 1802" is a poem filled with creative symbols that portray Wordsworth’s emphasis on feeling and passion with natural morality and goodness. In the poem‚ Wordsworth’s ideal vision of life was that he believed anyone could participate in it‚ if only they placed effort into what they were doing. In "London 1802‚" he uses a dramatic tone combined with frustration because he wants to stand from an ethical perspective yet exert more aesthetic influence
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Contrast and Comparison of Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey and Colderidges’ Kubla Khan When comparing William Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey‚ and Samuel Colderidge’s "Kubla Khan"‚ one notices a distinct difference in the use of imagination within the two poems. Even though the two poets were contemporaries and friends‚ Wordsworth and Colderidge each have an original and different way in which they introduce images and ideas into their poetry. These differences give the reader quite a unique experience when
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Born and raised in his native Philadelphia‚ Major Jackson uses the steady‚ soulful beats of All-American‚ wholesome jazz music to allow for infinite poetic inspiration in his verses. When he reads his work‚ he uses a tone of distant insight and close‚ almost intimate warmth to entice‚ captivate and entrance the reader into his spell that can last for minutes at a time. Jackson also uses his musical tastes from when he was a teen‚ to his later‚ more adult years in a perfect combination of street
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In the poem “Saigon is Gone‚” all of the people were frightened‚ scared‚ and panicked. It states‚ “We hear a helicopter circling circling near our ship. People run and scream‚ Communists!” This shows that the people were panicking and thought that the communists had come for them. It also states‚ “The commander is talking: Do not be frightened! It’s a pilot for our side who has jumped into the water‚ letting his helicopter plunge in behind him.” The author’s tone is that the people were frightened
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The Romantic art style is saw nature to be a source of spiritual belief and natural beauty. This is supported through their central ideas‚ how they expressed the beauty of the natural world through art‚ how they explain the importance of nature‚ how they explain the benefits of nature‚ and how humans should humans interact with nature. The central ideas of the Romantics were nature is the source of spiritual belief‚ intense emotions‚ and complexity. This is shown in Thomas Cole’s painting Expulsion
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Response Paper: Nature and Love: Prompt 1 To express a love and the physical connection associated with it‚ oftentimes adjectives can depict and describe relationships‚ or even people. Different aspects of nature can be substituted in place of the adjectives to help covey the same imagery‚ but often times in a more powerful manner. The use of nature in poems can be very effective when expressing emotions and actions associated with love. Using notions such as barking dogs to convey heartbreak
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Summary In the poem’s first line‚ we meet its protagonist‚ "an ancient Mariner." He stops one of three people on their way to a wedding celebration. The leader of the group‚ the Wedding Guest‚ tries to resist being stopped by the strange old man with the "long grey beard and glittering eye." He explains that he is on his way to enjoy the wedding merriment; he is the closest living relative to the groom‚ and the festivities have already begun. Still‚ the Ancient
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The poem Ballade of Wordly Wealth by Andrew Lang describes the truth about money. People will do anything for money and can easily corrupt our society. The main speaker is the author‚ Andrew Lang speaking to many different people in the poem. Merchants‚ soldiers‚ captains‚ priests and so on. That is who is in his time frame between 1844 and 1912. This poem is a form of Haiku‚ a Japanese poetry that contains 5 syllables in the first line‚ and 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the
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