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