Fireside Poets

the two Fireside poet that’s in our notes and is the creator of the poems “Indian Names”, “slavery”, and “Our Aborigines”. The first fireside characteristic is frequently nostalgic, melancholy, and/or wistful in tone. This is like a sad, bittersweet, and yearning type of writing with a down emotion type deal. When Sigourney says, “Ye they passed away, /That noble Race and brave, /That their light canoes have vanished” (109). This is a sad nostalgic part of her writing. The next fireside…

critiques the role and life of poets using a Narrator and ill-fated Poet. The Narrator speaks to the reader, describing the Poet’s journey, and evaluating the Poet’s decisions concerning his life. It can also be alleged that Alastor anticipated A Defence of Poetry’s intent in defining the role of the poet. Examining his prose closely, this will prove to be true and there will be a realistic definition of the role of the poet. The reader will appreciate that the poet is one who binds the forces…

Oliver Wendell Holmes was a prominent figure in the literary and philosophical circles of his era. He was born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College after years of private schooling. It was at Harvard where he started to write and translate poetry. After he graduated he began to publish his works, while he was studying to law. One of his most famous works, “Old Ironsides” came in 1830. In 1831 Holmes quit law school to get a medical degree, and went to Europe…

the Lord’s”. During the years of the Victorian Era many things were based on religion and morality such as, textbooks. People believed that if religion be acknowledged by all, morality would turn into the "end" to wrongdoing and poverty. Since the poet lived during this time, the influence of religion can be seen in his work as well. James Russell Lowell wrote the poem “The Search” with including a variety of different aspects that back up the significance of religion for the people living in…

Wordsworth started a new kind of poetry during the romantic era. Prior to the romantic era most poetry and poets were attempting to imitate some of the ancient greats like Homer and Virgil, in a period called Neoclassicism. Neoclassical poetry focused on an ordered structure, regular meter and intricate word choice. Wordsworth broke free of this tradition by submitting the idea that poetry should be more spontaneous and focus on the mundane events in everyday life. He took away the belief that…

work was so well known that it can sometimes heard in different arrangements. Each twelve pieces in this set of work had individual subtitles with accompanying verse titled by a Russian poet, Nikolay Bernard. January, June and October are chosen to perform in this piano recital. January was subtitled as By the Fireside, June as Barcarolle and October as Autumn Song. January is in simple ABA form. This piece portrays a gentle playfulness with a tint of regret, featuring some music style of…

The road symbolizes how the individual had to evaluate and determine his decisions. Making his decision was a major decisive and extensive moment during his life span. He wrote just about ten books in his lifetime that many people admired. American poet and journalist Robert Frost depicts aspects of his life and philosophy on man’s choices, truth in nature, and realism within his writing. Frost was an intelligent and highly honored man throughout his long lifetime. He was born on March 26,…

people feeling uncertain and disillusioned. They believed that writing reflected the fragmentation of the modern world, which made stream of consciousness writing very popular, and that life was uncertain and meaningless. Robert Frost was a popular poet during this time and wrote the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay. In the opening, the poem talks about the beauty of nature, but everything soon turns dark when everything fades and dies away. The main point conveyed in this poem is that nothing good…

Why reading “great” literature is valuable. Discuss all the reasons I gave in class and which reasons you find the most compelling. Take any 2 works you’ve read an explain how they are good examples of “great” literature. Great literature is a necessary part of being alive. We need literature because it is expression, without it we are just people who can’t express themselves and can hardly communicate. Literature humanizes us by telling us exactly what it means to be human. In CS Lewis’s words…

Great Literature has a deep meaning of writing in which generations of readers consider important for the significance of its content the artistry of its form. There are many reasons for why we should study Great Literature, first of those being why it is necessary. Great American Literature is necessary because it humanizes us by telling us what it means to be human. This reason shows us that sometimes we need things to remind us that we are human. For instance, as humans, we are sinful and…