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Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman are both known as literary figure heads of their time, though despite being born only 10 years apart, found themselves in separate eras of literary writing. Poe known for Romanticism, and Whitman known for Transcendentalism leading into Realism. While their writings held similarities such as reverence for nature and the individual, Poe focused more on an escapism world for his readers rather than Whitman, who focused on the details of everyday and urban life.…

William Carols Williams’ “The Dance”, written in 1944 close to the end of World War II, focuses mainly on the poetic statement of Ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is a poem and a painting working together for one common goal, to describe and complement each other. Ekphrasis poems are motivated by a work from another medium: a painting, a photograph, film or architecture. Williams focuses on the painting Kermess by Brueghel, for his poem “The Dance” which is based much before World War II almost in Medieval…

The Power of Institutionalized Religion William Blake’s The Garden of Love and Edmund Burke’s Reflections of the French Revolution both paint a vivid picture of the power of social hierarchy in the Romantic era. Blake’s poem allows the interpretation of the speaker losing the right to his own expression through the power of the institutionalized religion. In Burke’s text, by contrast, institutions, such as organized religion, prove to produce peace and order in society. William Blake’s The…

Ryan Wetzler English 11 1/17/17 Meaning between “There’s a certain Slant of light” and “A Light exists in Spring” American Romanticism started in the late eighteenth century, it is a literary, artistic, a rejection of seventeenth-century enlightenment ideas. It is based on creativity and imagination, and express dissatisfied for the reality. Romantic poet ordinarily seek for the universal truth. They believe reason and logic are the only way to truth. How do you get the truth? Feeling,…

Issues Facing Bhutan Bhutan is a small country located in South Asia. The landscapes and scenery are absolutely beautiful. The country of Bhutan is a delightful country, often known as the “Kingdom of Happiness” There are currently many issues facing Bhutan, including malnutrition, climate change, and issues having to do with waste disposal. Malnutrition in Bhutan has been a huge issue in Bhutan. However, the malnutrition has been in great process since the 1990s. There still has been…

At the turn of the 20th century, the American people experienced a turbulent change in the way they viewed the world. During the preceding Romantic Period, originating in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, literature and thought focused on hopeful longing, romantic optimism and an abundant use of flowery, complex language, both in the spoken and written word. Romantic poets such as John Keats and William Wordsworth used intricate metaphors and descriptive imagery to give vast, inspiring…

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the Mariner fails to see the beauty of nature, people, and God, and his broken relationships with each results in his feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. The Mariner shoots the Albatross, a bird that has kind intentions of befriending the Mariner and his crew. His rationalizes for himself and his crewmates that the Albatross brought fog to the ship and it would have been difficult to continue on their voyage. Truthfully, the Mariner is unthinking and does…

Twain the Romantic Twain was many things as a writer- a satirist, a truth-teller, a critic- but he was not a romantic. The romantic era, in its heydey, was a time of literature dominated by grand ideas and mystic visions. Though many others joined this fantasy-ridden trend, many authors were critical of the romantic ideas that often lacked realistic properties. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was one of these critical authors. Through that particular piece of…

RTHMC Rough Draft The novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry focuses on a black family named the Logans living in Mississippi in the 1930’s. They have to fight through segregation and the other hardships of being a African American in this time period. The definition of courage (provided by dictionary.com) is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.” One of the characters who displayed the courage is Uncle Hammer. Uncle…

I found The Rime of an Ancient Mariner interesting because it was a story within a story. It started off with a guy going to his wedding and he gets stopped by this oddly looking Mariner who started telling him a fascinating story. He first tells the story of how he shot down and Albatross which he later finds out it is bad luck and recognizes the sin he just committed. The Mariner wears the Albatross around his neck as a sign of guilt weighing him down realizing that they are stuck with only…