Monday, November 7, 2011

Journal 7

  1. Compare/contrast the different views of nature that are being presented in the poems. Refer to the list of classical and romantic characteristics and provide specific examples from the poems to support your analysis.

They views of nature for the raven are emotion, imaginative, visionary, personal, and individual. The emotion you get is hopelessness and anger. The views of nature for to a waterfowl are balance, calmness, order, harmony, and rationally. The views of nature of different because of definite and indefinite articles, the birds of the story have a different meaning, and one if optimistic, while the other is gloomy. “The Raven” is dealing with one type of bird, a raven while “To a Waterfowl” is dealing with a specific bird. The settings of the poems are different. The setting of the waterfowl is sunset and calm, while the setting of the raven is at midnight in December. The conflict of the poem in another way the poems are different. The waterfowl doesn't really have a conflict, but it is still a question. The Raven has a personal conflict with loss. The views of natures are similar because they both deal with birds and both deal with finding your way and which way to go. The writing styles of both poems are ornate. The structure of the poem are similar is both poems. The point of view is also similar in both poems. They are both 1st person.

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