The descriptive language used in the second stanza assumes a certain brilliance when the poem reflects a positive tone when he says “the wide wide heavens!” He uses a sense of heightened colour when describing the nature surrounding him, e.g. “purple heath flowers!” Coleridge realises toward the end of the imaginative journey that nature is all around us for those who have the desire, passion and determination to search for it. Conversational tone is also conveyed in ‘Frost at Midnight’. Frost at Midnight is in an secluded cottage during the stillness of night. “The frost performs its secret ministry” at the start of the first stanza implies personification used to establish the stunning silence of nature and the frost falling outside.
Nature is what we see- The hill – the afternoon- Squirrel- eclipse- the bumble bee Nay- nature is heaven. Nature is what we her The bobolink- the se Thunder – the cricket Nay – nature is harmony The most vital lines in the poem “Nature is what we see”/ “Nature is Heaven”/ “Nature is what we Hear”/ “ Nature is Harmony”. Blending these apparently unconnected lines into a sort of definition of nature, we arrive at Emily Dickinson’s attitude to nature; in what we see and hear around us there is not only nature, but nature’s harmony, which is also an image of heaven. This however is an over-simplification of her attitude to nature. We have to examine a few more nature-poems to see whether or not we can deduce any coherent system which may reveal to us the poet’s philosophy of nature.
A simile is also used in Train’s song when it says, “Acts like summer and walks like rain” (Stanza 1, Line 3). Lastly, the use of personification gives the song the ability to be a poem. It can be seen when Train says, “Did Venus blows your mind,” in stanza 6. All of the these elements are typically found in poetry. Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” is a bitter song about the loss of a loved one could stand alone as a poem.
We see the poem starts and finishes with a two-line stanza, with the middle stanzas containing three lines. The poem seems to be free-verse, with no apparent rhyming pattern. In the first stanza, we are aware of the sunset; four colours are listed as they touch the narrator’s mind. Rather than simply stating the colours as blue and red, the sky is striped with ‘azure’ and ‘crimson’. The colours are extremely lush and vibrant.
In contrast to cityscape, Church’s painting evokes the untamed and virgin element found in the vast green forest. American romanticism is basically defined in terms of landscape, seascape, and other natural wonders -- what Kaufman and Macpherson (2005) call sublime and beautiful. The landscape paintings prominent in the 19th-century America are considered as part and parcel of the American romanticism. Cole’s “The Oxbow” and Church’s “The Heart of Andes” are beautiful and sublime landscape art works characterized in a romantic movement. Both paintings exhibit nature in its grandeur and exotic nature.
‘The glory invites me’ Discuss how feelings and ideas inspired by the natural world are explored in ‘The Glory’. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Edward Thomas’ poem ‘The Glory’ is one about the beauty of nature, and the way he uses it to escape from other troubled parts of his life. In this poem, he depicts how nature helps him to find peace, though it is not unequivocal as it reminds him of how imperfect he is himself in comparison to nature, as well as his inability to capture its flawlessness. One way in which Thomas seems inspired by the natural world is through his contrast between the simplistic beauty of nature “sky and meadow and forest”, “untouched dew”, “new mown hay”, and the impossible complexity of expressing this beauty in words “I cannot bite the day to the core”.
In In the essay “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson states “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” Armstrong reflects that belief when he sings the color of trees and roses. The appreciation for nature’s beauty is also shown by Armstrong when he later sings “I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, The dark sacred night”. Emerson states “Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration.” Armstrong reflects that belief when he sings about clouds and night. Armstrong emphasizes nature and the association between man and nature when he sings “The colors of the rainbow, So pretty in the sky.
“The Seafarer” can be categorized as Angle-Saxon lyric poetry for its use of kennings, change in tone, and themes that include love of the sea, loneliness, exile and fate. A popular literary device used during this time period was a kenning, which is a figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun. One is found in line fifty-three, “summer’s sentinel,” referring to a cuckoo. During this point in the poem, the lines create images that contrast with the images of the sea. Another example is in line fifty-nine through sixty “whales’ home,” referring to the sea.
The structure of both poems is exactly the same, except for the fact that “Tintern Abbey” is longer than “Frost at Midnight.” Both poems follow a “return upon itself” structure and begin with an enjoyment of the present scene around the speakers, then gradually move into lamentations on the past. Then they both move back to the present with the speaker’s regaling a loved one with memories, promises, and pleadings to always enjoy what God has created around them. Wordworth believed in writing about commonplace people, places and things in a language used by ordinary men. His poem “Tintern Abbey” takes advantage of that philosophy, it is written as beautifully as anything from Tennyson or Dante Rossetti but far less metaphorically. He is very straight to the point with his words, but not to the extent that the beauty of them is lost.
I feel, when it says, “eternal lids,” it means to be able to keep the eyes open throughout the night. Second, line 11 and continued in line 13 of the poem reads, “To feel for ever its soft swell and fall... still, still to hear her tender-taken breath.” The line is a Metaphor, a figure of speech that makes a comparison in which something is said to be something else. This Metaphorical line is talking about a man falling to what she says to him and finds her so dreamy. Third, throughout the poem there were many Alliterations, repetition of the same consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words. The following are examples of Alliterations: “mountain and the moors”(line 8), “still stedfast”(line 9), “feel for ever its soft swell”(line 11), and “Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath”(line 13).