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Bryant and the Romantic Sublime — Homework
Reread "Thanatopsis" aloud at least once before answering.
- 1.Define "the sublime" as a Romantic concept.
- 2.Identify one image in "Thanatopsis" that produces the sublime, and explain why.
- 3.Identify the poem's apostrophe -- who is being addressed, and how does that shape the poem's structure?
- 4.Why might Bryant have Nature itself "speak" as a comforter rather than stating the reassurance directly in his own voice?
- 5.In five or more sentences, explain how American Romanticism's valuing of nature and feeling reacts against Enlightenment rationalism, using this poem as your evidence.
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