Once the piece of literature begins, the reader begins feeling captivated in the imagery that the author created to be envisioned. In John Muir’s extraordinary essay, The Calypso Borealis, he creates a vivid picture in the reader’s head of his experience to find a beautiful flower. In particular, he creates an image of his adventure into a swamp surrounding The Great Lakes through his writing. When his journey began, he was introduced to several diverse flora. During his journey, he is able to admire and soak up nature’s beauty as well as
The Beauty in Nature A while back, maybe a year or so, I got the opportunity to go to outdoor science camp with my classmates. During my stay, I got to soak in the aspects of nature, like the running creek and fresh fallen snow, which made me develop an appreciation for nature. In Pablo Neruda’s poem, “Ode to enchanted light,” the speaker describes the beauty in nature, life, and light. In “Sleeping in the Forest,” a poem by Mary Oliver, nature is thought of as a place that’s shrouded in a mystical beauty and contentment.
Discoveries often offer up new understandings of ourselves and the world we live in. To what extent is this reflected in your core text and at least one other text of your own choosing? Through discoveries, we can learn new things about ourselves and the world around us. This is effectually conveyed in the poetry of Robert Frost.
Mary Oliver, born in 1935, is most well known for her descriptions of the natural world and how that world of simplicity relates to the complexity of humanity. Her poem, “Flare”, is no different, as it illustrates the relationship between human emotions; such as the feeling of nostalgia, and the natural world. “Flare” is featured in her book published in 2000, The Leaf and The Cloud: A Poem. At the time of writing the book, Oliver was 65 years old, living with her partner Molly Cook in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Oliver is said to have based most of her poetry on her experience living in Provincetown and has found inspiration from walks by the water near her house.
For Romantic poets, there is no greater force upon humans than one of the many forms of the imagination. For William Wordsworth, this force is exemplified in memory. The greatest example of his exploration of memory comes from "Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798. " In it he displays his opinion of memory as a powerful source of enlightenment and pleasure through his interaction with the natural world. It becomes something he recalls time and time again to ease the ills of everyday life, giving him solace that he hopes can also affect the companion of the poem, his sister, Dorothy. Through his experience within "Tintern Abbey," Wordsworth presents his view that memory is a powerful balm that can allow its bearer some degree of relief from the adverse situations that a person may face throughout life.
Overall, Wallace Stevens tries to combine his principle of “new Romanticism” with a nature that transcends human being, somehow he takes a Transcendental turn in his poem, he had an epiphany, the importance of art, without it and without the woman’s song, people would never be able to comprehend the order of nature. We should chase after something that is deeper than the nature itself, we should listen with our soul and mind at some interior level of
Hugo’s idol, Chateaubriand, is considered to be one of the fathers of the French Romanticism. This writing style can also easily be seen through an examination of his works, which clearly displays some of the attributes of romanticism. On of the characteristics of French Romanticism that is very apparent is Hugo’s work is the love of nature. In his poems especially, he uses very descriptive imagery to describe the surroundings to the reader, and often, those surrounding are somewhere in the natural world. Hugo uses the colors of the natural world as part of his descriptions, which is another aspect of the writing style of the time.
Similarly, Meehan’s poem ‘The Sycamores Contract with the Citizens’ confronts this aspect of linking memory with nature. The narrator is reminiscing of a previous time ‘When you were a child’ (line 5) It’s interesting to see how the subject matter of this poem is so similar to Heaney’s ‘Canopy’ but also contrasts in many ways. The reference to 'common tools ' (line 9) in Meehan’s poem, she suggests how they are living in the past, ‘nobody fool enough / to try and improve’ (lines 11-12).
In the later end of this section, Whitman describes his deep love and appreciation for the natural world. He says “ Smile O voluptuous cool-breath’d earth!,/ Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees.../ Earth of the shine and dark mottling the tide of river!.../ Smile, for your lover comes. ( 20-23). In this stanza of the poem, Whitman explains his reasoning for accepting all around him.
the peom has a slow rhythm because, it is talking about serious topics. The poem uses figurative language to show deeper meaning, to help bring you into the reality of the dangerous time it was written. although it is a short poem, it brings you back into time and lets you see how it was durring those times The poem uses senses to help paint a picture of the spring time when every flower and tree is blooming.
Wang Wei was a very famous poet in Tang Dynasty. His poem “My Cottage at Deep South Mountain” was a poem which talk about life he wanted. He wanted the nature life. “ I walk until the water ends, and sit waiting for the hour when clouds rise”. This sentence all talk about the natural scene.
“ Help me shatter this darkness ” is a quote from As I Grew Older, by langston Hughes. The poem explains how difficult it was for the author to reach his dream. His dream kept getting farther or there would be an obstacle standing between him and his dream. Langston Hughes used imagery, syntax to catch the attention of his readers and paint a picture of the poem. Imagery was added in very well into Langston Hughes’s poem As I Grew Older.
The Calypso Borealis adventure was a difficult challenge to overcome but in the end, it was worth it for Muir. Wordsworth has strong feelings for the daffodils and nature. "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. "-MLK. Wordsworth and Muir express their strong connection and passion they have for nature using similes and personification to describe the way they feel about Nature to the readers.