Analysis of themes & the tenets of romanticism within poetry assignment

The flow of imagination does not stop with simply these two quotes. Longfellow then goes on to say, “ All these scenes I do behold/ These, and many left untold,” (Longfellow 62-63) These two lines define the Ideas of creatively and Imagination through the lines’ structure and word choice. “ Behold” and “ untold” are very powerful forms of Dalton, cause not only do they rhyme, but because they build on one of the poem’s main choice such as “ behold” the poet creates an underlying meaning that he is literally grasping the very essence of imagination.

The poet is saying that he can conjure many stories from his mind. Expanding on from this idea Emily Dickinson writes, “ The Carriage held but Just Ourselves-I And Immorality. ” (Dickinson 3-4) The poetic devices used here are also along the lines of diction. The buzz words of these lines are rather obvious because the poet has chosen to capitalize them: Carriage, Ourselves, and Immortality. Emily Dickinson has grasped the reader’s attention by capitalizing the words she wants to emphasize, making the reader think about them.

Although they both use the same rhetorical device of diction, the poets use opposing perspectives of romanticism. One poet is talking about the individual self while the other is referring to herself and other people. Another tenet of romanticism is the principle of nature. During the time period of romanticism nature was a very common tenet to write about. Longfellow The Repeal is a prime example of this, “ Human spiders spin and spin,] Backward down their threads so thin” (Longfellow 4-5) There are many poetic devices in these two lines including alliteration, repetition and rhyme.

The device of repetition and alliteration is evident when the poet writes, “ spiders spin and spin” this is an important device because it emphasizes the meaning of the sentence. Longfellow then uses rhythm and rhyme to poetic tenet of nature. Because the poet is already vividly describing nature the devices get the reader’s mind working, and further highlight the key tenet of nature. Like the poet Longfellow, Dickinson uses similar poetic devices including alliteration and parallelism to demonstrate the romantic tenet of nature within poetry.