Wallace Stevens attempts to write in an emotionless and literal point of view in his poem "The Snowman", whereas William Wordsworth's poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" displays quite the opposite, with countless metaphors and exaggerations of the reality. But which poem exhibits a more honest appreciation of nature? I cannot identify either poem for a definitive answer to this question for they both contain some aspects of dishonesty. On a spectrum of the level of reality, these poems display the two extremes. A balance of the two styles of poetry would be ideal. What is an honest approach to nature, compared to a scientific approach? My definition of an honest appreciation is caused by the mental turmoil I face when contemplating each poem's honest appreciation of nature.
Appreciation can be plainly defined as the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone of something. In "I wandered lonely as a cloud" there is an abundance of appreciation of nature when William Wordsworth writes, "I gazed--and gazed--but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought" (17-18). Honesty can be translated to a lack of deceit and untruthfulness or sincerity. When Wordsworth writes, "my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils" (23-24), I can sense his honesty and empathize with the sheer amount of appreciation he holds in his heart for the scene of nature he is describing. Wallace Stevens, on the contrary, writes with absolutely no emotion, describing the scene very plainly, as if his words hold no meaning to him. Such style of writing is apparent when he writes, "Full of the same wind That is blowing in the same bare place" (11-12). The extent of analysis, allowed me to realize appreciation is closely tied to emotions. Emotions are honest and are what allow human beings to appreciate their surroundings.
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CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A POSTMODERN WORLD The Rise of Postmodernity Since Federico de Onis's use of the term postmodernismo' to describe the Spanish and Latin-American poetry of 1905-1914 which had reacted against the excess' of modernism in 1934, (Rose 1991: 171) "Postmodernism- became very popular. ... Revisionary postmodernists try to salvage a positive meaning for the human self, history, and truth as correspondence which are central to modernity; some even try to promote the premodern notions of divine reality, cosmic meaning, and an enchanted nature. ... Karl Marx wa...
Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristic...
