7. Longfellow uses personification in the second stanza by saying “The little waves, with their soft, white hands efface the footprints in the sands…”…
Whereas in ‘An old man’s winter night’ there is only one stanza. This represents the old man’s separation from the rest of the world and nature. The poem is also a narrative poem which in contrast to ‘Lore’ is told in a third person view. This also adds to the sense of loneliness and separation from the rest of the world.…
Nikki Giovanni uses good choice of words and figurative language to put the reader in a vivid world. She uses vivid verbs, personification, and other elements to really give the right picture in your mind. Her method works because the readers get hooked onto the poem and want to read it.…
Compare and Contrast ‘Thomas the Rhymer’ (1206) and ‘La belle dames sans merci’ (1819). Do you think Keats was influenced by the ballad?…
Compare and contrast Don Quixote with either King Arthur or Sundiata. How are the two figures you have chosen alike? How are they different? Be sure to use specific examples from the stories you have read to illustrate your points.…
Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” and Catherine Davis’ “After a Time” are two very similar poems that demand comparison, as Davis’ poem is in reply to Thomas’. From a reader’s point of view, these two poems seem to have a great deal of comparison than being dissimilar. Through an in depth analysis of these particular poems, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” and “After a Time” have been proven to have high similarity points in the many different aspects of poetry, such as theme, thought process and structure.…
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 his grievous goals won’t be important after death. While Longfellow’s tone is fearful, Keats’ is appreciative and hopeful about what life has to offer right now. In both poems, the poets use the literary devices parallelism and symbolism, to depict their particular situation in their own lives, while also using diction with characteristics of romantic poetry, reflecting their time period.…
The most accomplished and popular American poet of the first half of the nineteenth century, Bryant also was the first American poet to receive substantial international acclaim. Bryant is considered an early proponent of Romanticism in American literature, and his work is often compared thematically and stylistically to that of English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Opposing eighteenth-century poetic conventions and using experimental iam bic rhythms, Bryant's poetry usually meditates on nature and the transience of earthly things. Although its themes were few and its thought…
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 represents the progression of life. The poem consistently expresses a serene tone, showing the relationship between nature and man as a calm one.In the first section of the poem, Longfellow introduces nature and humanity, expressing the relationship between the respective parties through the traveler's actions. Nature is expressed through the tide, and humanity is portrayed through the traveler. The traveler "hastens toward the town," bypassing the ocean around him. The poem does not express an identifiable meter, but the lack of punctuation or pauses in the line describing the traveler show a brief shift to a quicker rhythm. This shift contributes to the characterization of the traveler as one who does not appreciate his surroundings and rushes through life; his relationship with nature is weak because he does not respond to it when he passes by the tide. The cycle of nature is also introduced through the constant rising and falling of the tide. "The twilight darkens" reinforces the theme of the natural cycle of nature, symbolizing the end of a day, and the "the curlew calls" also symbolizes the beginning of another. Longfellow uses repetition of "the tide rises, the tide falls" to continue this cycle into the second section and all throughout the poem, symbolizing the perpetual presence of nature.…
Both ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ were written 500 years apart, yet both of these poems explore the significant characteristics of love and time. Both poems explore that time and love does not match. But in ‘Sonnet 116’ love is the dominant figure from time and in ‘Hour’ time is the dominant figure from love.…
The poem There Is Another Sky by Emily Dickinson was a poem written for her brother Austin. Emily uses nature to explain the message she is trying to provide for him. The poem provides a hopeful and positive feeling. The poem is full of optimism and inspiration. The pint of the poem is to provide encouragement and offer guidance. The lines “Here is a brighter garden” and “And there is another sunshine” demonstrate the optimism she is trying to portray.…
Noticeably, the setting and visual aspects introduced in the poem provide an insight to not only the mood, but the meaning as well. In the poem, Longfellow…
The poems of Bryant may be classed, with regard to their subjects:--those expressing a universal interest, relative to the great conditions of humanity, types of nature symbolical of these, as the Winds; poems of a national and patriotic sentiment, or expressive of the heroic in character, as the Song of Marion's Men. Of these, probably the most enduring will be those which draw their vitality more immediately from the American soil. In these there is a purity of nature, and a certain rustic grace, which speak at once the nature of the poet and his subject. Symbolic images of nature abound in his verses. Here I¡¯d like to share some of my observation of some of the poem ¡°to a waterfowl¡±.…
Whitman uses his diction to create a dark melancholy aura. Early in the poem, Whitman says, “…shades of night…moody…, tearful night…. Black murk that hides the star…” (Whitman 8-9). The dark description of the night evokes a kind of solemn regret that facilitates the creation of a proper mental image of the dark night. Again Whitman reiterates the darkness by saying, “… great cloud darkening…dirges through the night…” (Whitman 34-40). He chooses to use “darkening” to show that the cloud looming over them is casting a heavy shadow over the people. “Dirges” are used in place of songs in order to convey the mournful demeanor of the music that was played. Whitman makes use of diction by choosing words that have a certain solemn connotation in order to create a dark setting.…
Bryant uses anastrophe throughout the poem to illustrate his theme. By inverting the normal word order he brings attention to important lines such as “Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night/Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed. ()” which highlights that you shouldn't face death like a hopeless…