- Compare/contrast the different views of nature that are being presented in the poems. Refer to the list of classical and romantic characteristics and provide specific examples from the poems to support your analysis.
The Poem the Waterfowl and The Raven are two different poems that both have very different views on nature and how the world work. They both state their views through rhyme and show how they felt through the use of neo-classicism and romanticism. Even thought they state their thoughts the through the same way, their views could not be more different.These poems and authors do not have many similarities on their views on nature, but one similarity is that both poems deal with a single bird. Also there is a mystery between both the raven and the waterfowl that both leave the reader questioning.
In contrast, the waterfowl deals with more the happy and positive view of nature with the calm feeling, and the poem shows his feelings that nature and everything else in the world is there for a reason. While, oppositely, Poe shows the dark side of nature showing his negative view on nature and that the raven is some type of demon and is there to torcher him. Also Poe tries to tell the reader that the world is chaotic and disorganized through the bird and its only word it knows which is "nevermore". These poems may deal with the same part of nature, but they show different views on almost everything else.
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