One poem was written by William Cullen Bryant, called To a Waterfowl. In the poem the author compares his lonely life to that of a bird of on its journey of life. ... This poem is called The Rhodora, and was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... All of these poems showed the same Romantic value. ... The Romantic value for this poem is, The "Common People" have as much or more integrity, wisdom, and strength as famous Democracy. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the poem, Whitman shows self-reliance in the line "I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you". ... Whitman's use and portrayal of attitude in the poem is somewhat limited in this section although there is some evidence of for and against transcendental ideas that can be shook from his words. ... As the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review agrees with me, "the famous section 5 of "Song of Myself" is a good example of the transforming mystical experience, described erotically," (Walt). In discovering the poem "Song of Myself", the ideas, mannerisms, and feelings of...

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• Has Bibliography

Other famous writers of this time include Thomas Paine, who wrote THE CRISIS, NO.1; Patrick Henry, author of SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION; and Thomas Jefferson, writer of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ... Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE RAVEN; Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, author of the famous MOBY DICK. ... Holmes is known for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. ... The most well-known writer of thi...

• Word Count: 774
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the late 1800's, William Dean Howells and Henry James, the two most famous realists of the nineteenth century, concentrated on changing American life. ... He worked as a city editor of the Ohio State Journal in 1858 and published poems, stories, and reviews in the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School