Post the final draft of your story that has taught you lessons about living.400-500 words.
After reading literary examples of American romanticism in poetry, examine the paintings featured. Why do you believe these are romantic poems and paintings? What visual aspects do the poets/artists employ to interact with the view? How do they create the "romantic" landscape? What do you think are the characteristics of a romantic art and poetry? How do they reflect the ideals of manifest destiny? How do they reflect a worship of nature?
Use the questions to write a well-developed thesis about how one specific poem (using specific evidence) relates to the "romantic" ideals presented in one or more paintings (using specific objects and emotional impact in the paintings). Be specific in making your connections between the poem and the paintings. 200 words. American Romantic Poetry "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173917 "The Chambered Nautilus" Oliver Wendell Holmes http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173644 Poetry Packet: Whitman poems. Collection of Paintings http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/freed/paintings/ Niagara (1857) Frederick Churchhttp://collection.corcoran.org/collection/work/niagara The Lackawanna Valley (1855) George Inness http://www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/SocialStudies/DDuerring/George%20Inness.pdf Kindred Spirits (1849) Asher Durand http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/L.2008.21 Looking Down Yosemite Valley (1865) Albert Bierstadt http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/downloads/pdfs/Resource_Guide_Chapters/PictAmer_Resource_Book_Chapter_8A.pdf Romantic Landscape with Ruined Tower (1832-1836) Thomas Cole http://www.albanyinstitute.org/details/items/ruined-tower-mediterranean-coast-scene-with-tower.html In "Song of Myself" and "I Hear America Singing," Walt Whitman presents a sense of who is he and what the world presents to him. He is out exploring the world. Emily Dickinson, the famous recluse, lived a rather isolated life, and thus, her poetry reflects an inspection of her interior in "This is my letter to the World" and "Because I could not stop for Death." Both of these poets reflect a break with the prior poetic conventions; however, they do not merely disregard the rules but craft poems which do pay tribute to rhythm, to rhyme, to imagery, to word choice.
Your poems should be a minimum of 20 lines and should reflect an inspection of the world or an inspection of the interior issues. You can set the poem in the time period or you can fast forward the subject to the modern world. Do you believe that people would make different choices if they had the chance or are would they make the same choices? You will need a short introduction, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. Use historical/literary examples as well as those from observation/personal experience. 300-400 words.
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