Thantatopsis
William Cullen Bryant
To a Waterfowl
William Cullen Bryant
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The First Snowfall
James Russell Lowell
1800s-late 1800s
Romanticism Era
Regular Romanticism
-places higher emphasis on emotion than rationality-exalts individual over society-questions or attacks standard rules and conversations-prefers nature over city; nature benefits humanity-portrays humankind in nature as being morally superior to humanity in civilization -views children as essentially innocent until corrupted by their surroundings -elevates imagination over reason and intuition over fact
Fireside Poets
-considered America’s first generation of writers-all 4 poets were born and lived in New England-used American settings and subjects in their poetry-took name from popularity of their works which were read as family sat beside fireside in evenings-ranked as America’s most read and best loved poets
