The trees may have leaves or they may not, yet this does not matter if nature is appreciated in all of its aspects and phases. In People of the Seine, Hemingway shows his love for nature through his thoughts. While Hemingway was gazing upon the fisherman of the Seine, he shares a thought that uses seasons in a philosophical way. Hemingway talks about how people are supposed to be “sad in the fall”, yet they always have the spring to look forward to (39). A writer who can express what Hemingway does while using the seasons is definitely an example of a true lover of nature.
Interestingly, Carter uses the typically gothic season of winter interchangeably, between representing beauty, innocence and purity, or representing the harshness and isolation that is sometimes brought with it. In The Snow Child, winter is described as ‘invincible, immaculate’ implying both the harsh atmosphere that it can suggest with the use of ‘invincible’ but also the beauty with the use of ‘immaculate’. The Snow Child is an example of
Amanda Jones Findley Acc. English III 2 February 2012 William Cullen Bryant’s Nature Poetry “To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks a various language.” This quote from William Cullen Bryant sums up what he truly was passionate about- nature. Bryant’s nature poetry showed a lot about what he believed in. He saw many different languages through nature, and he found poetic value in minute things around him (McLean 22). The four basic topics in which Bryant wrote nature poetry were landscapes, flowers, romance, and religion.
There are small blurry snowflakes falling through the snow covered branches. The photo is taken at a higher angle just capturing the lower tree branches in front of the pond and forest background. I love the depth and contrast of the snow on the branches. The snow falling in the photo is my favorite part. It looks like a winter wonderland.
Poetry evokes emotions and creates images in the minds of readers and it is not simply the theme in essence that captures an audience, but the techniques used within poetry that make it come alive. Robert Frost’s poems ‘Out, Out-’, The Road Not Taken and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening all display Frost’s ability to create clear images that capture moments in life and bring them alive in the minds of readers. Frost is able to demonstrate his themes of nature, isolation, death and decision making through various devices such as symbolism, personification and repetition. Robert Frost’s use of symbolism in his poems enables readers to convey images directly into their mind. Symbolism illuminates details that maybe hard to see.
Petterson writes as if Trond’s life and his love for life are all revolved around nature and the small quiet moments in everyday life. He focuses a great deal on these small factors that many writers would overlook, and it adds a lot of detail to the novel so that we, as readers, can truly delve deep into the life of Trond. By explaining nearly every minute detail so that we can grasp perfectly how Trond’s life works and the happening in it, we are put into a position so that we are able to understand Trond as if we were him. We can fully understand the situation that Trond is in, and as new information is revealed we become closer to the character of Trond and can understand the course of events that altered Trond to become the man he
The only sense of argument in the poem seems to be the idea that there’s always something to be thankful for within the problems and issues that arise. I think this also is the meaning of the poem, throughout the poem it keeps bringing up the point of a hidden blessing or bright side to everything that occurs. This starts right in the beginning of the poem, in lines 1-4 Martens writes “the morning was grey but the music/of the heart refused to quit, sentimental/and simple, even the power lines cutting the fields/were beautiful.” The image that came to my head here was a typical morning in the valley, rainy and gloomy. For most this isn’t something to be appreciated or seen as a thing of beauty, but Martens provides and argument, in a sense, that stepping back and viewing this it is a beautiful sight. There is imagery of the Fraser Valley in these lines as well because of the power lines cutting the fields, when one drives through farm lands this is a very common site.
Wordsworth learns through his interaction with nature in “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798,” and “It’s a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free,” that there is a spiritual presence in the landscape. Ovid’s interaction with nature helps him break down the divisions between people and their environment to become at one with it. Both writers demonstrate how interaction with nature is necessary to appreciate it. Wordsworth •Wordsworth relationship with the wild involves him observing “the beauteous forms” of it and thus gaining certain mental and physical benefits of it. The wild puts him in a tranquil and relaxed state, as if he was performing yoga or meditating.
Robert Frost offers quintains which depict the value of privacy, mischief, and the boundary and obstacle between man and earth in the poem "Mending Walls." With refinement, Frost uses elements of nature to convey his philosophy of how having a wall(barrier) is one man's notion of being a good neighbor, even though that notion is the opposite of his own. Frost portrays the wall in "Mending Walls" as a boundary for man. "Mending Walls" depicts the personal and natural freedoms, as well as limitation, of a rural existence. This wall symbolized privacy, protection, communication , and friendship.
The image of darkness that comes with the poem stems from the words ‘frost’ and ‘gray’, which not only invokes an image of a cold and dark surrounding, but allows the reader to experience the chills of winter. The use of the colour ‘gray’ itself seems to hint either misery or dreariness. Hardy chooses to use negative diction, such as ‘tangled’ and ‘broken’ to depict the scenery as well, which in turn suggests that nature is no longer functioning and all that was beautiful is no longer in existence. By portraying nature in this way, one could argue that Hardy sees nature’s winter appearance as a parallel to death. This idea is further explored in the second stanza as Hardy uses funereal imagery alongside references to nature.