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    American Romanticism

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    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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    Ms.Nancy&Ms.Scanlon FIQWS CHUXIN ZHENG 09/16/14 Annotated Bibliography Emerson‚ R.W. (2009‚ September 9). Chapter IV: language. from Nature; Addresses and Lectures. Retrieved September 15‚ 2014‚ from http://www.emersoncentral.com/language.htm In this chapter‚ author discusses the relationship between language and the nature. Word implies the objects in nature and word and nature represent spiritual realities. Then author explain how the word implies

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    Expulsion Thomas Cole

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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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    Ancient Mariner

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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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    Foulchers poetry is shaped by his intense focus on memories and experience. The poems Harry wood and summer rain portray that John Foulcher uses these memories and experiences are created by settings of both time ad place and are expressed though the language and thematic concerns of foulchers poetry. In the poem “Harry Wood”‚ John Foulcher describes the life of a man he know making it biographical.. through Harry’s story we learn that he was a miner‚ earning money in a time of poverty ( probably

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    Ballade Of Wordly Wealth

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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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    Lime Tree Bower

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    Coleridge’s poem ‘This Lime Tree Bower My Prison’ is strongly centered on the power of nature and its ability to enable the physical and imaginative process. His physical confinement is apparent by the use of the term ‘prison’ in the title of the poem‚ expressing Coleridge’s annoyance with being stranded alone on a rock while his friends are out on a walk. Coleridge’s imagination is left to wander around nature‚ as he gradually learns to celebrate the beauty of the nature around him. One effort

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner A life filled with greed‚ hate‚ and obsession is one filled with misery and hopelessness. The Mariner was with a hatred for the living creatures around him causing his curse which lead to his change in perspective. The author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner wanted to bring about change towards loving the life of all kinds through the turmoil of the Ancient Mariner. The Mariner’s turmoil starts with the hatred for all living creatures around him just as

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    Nature is the pre-dominant source of theme and techniques in poetry in society. We see evidence of this within the works on Thomas Hardy. Nature is an important aspect of Hardy’s work. He uses nature in order to set the atmosphere of the poem‚ and uses external elements to mirror the internal emotions of the protagonist. Nature acts as a tool for Hardy to enhance imagination and reflect events and emotions. Nature also provides the poet with inspiration. Using nature to symbolize is one technique

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