Tuesday, November 8, 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.

The waterfowl is migrating for the winter alone and wandering but not lost. He knows where he is going even though he has never been there before. It is calm and there is harmony. There ss a sunset which is more represent closings. The Raven is dark and mysterious. It shows emotion, personal and subjective comparisons. The Raven has darkness and its midnight which represents evil. Both poems are about birds. To a Waterfowl is not individual however The Raven is directed to a special bird to one bird not a number of them.