Earlier in the week, we learned about another two famour contemporary poets, Mr. Walk Whitman and Mr. Robert Frost. What I learned about these two poets compared to Browning and Tennyson is that, their style of writing has more to do with situations in peoples lives. It touches more the hearts of the readers and of people who experience the same situations. For example, Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" tells a story of a man thinking of losing himself forever in the forest, but the thought of his family keeps him strong, and avoids the awful temptaion of giving up in life. Walt Whitman's "America" conveys the message that we Americans, are as equal to the man/woman beside us, no matter of what skin color, or working class. Whitman expresses his feelings after seeing a country torn apart from a Civil War, believing that when the war is over, the United States of America will reunite. This type of writing is very different from what we have seen with Tennyson and Browning, where they write of fairy tales in "Blow Bugle Blow", and of an impossible mission in "How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" which would have at least taken a few days.
I enjoyed this week a lot due to the fact that we learned about different poets in different periods of time and how their styles differentiate from one another. I enjoy learning about the works of different author through time and learning about the way writing stlyes transform.
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