American Romanticism

Rip Van Winkle was a interesting story. Some things that i thought were romantic in the story were that when he was down rip would talk to his dog and his dog would have the same mood as him. Rationalists wouldn't write things about people talking to dogs or dogs feeling the same as people because it wasn't rational thought. They might say sane people wouldn't talk to animals. Another thing i thought was romantic that stood out to me was that he slept for twenty years and still was alive. Rationalists wouldn't say this because it isn't scientifically possible to sleep that long and still be alive. I could tell this story was Romantic because it had a lot of details and imagination in it and that's what i think romanticism was about.

When i was reading Thanatopsis i didn't understand it much but after i watched the video it made more sense to me. i think the poem is saying that you shouldn't be afraid of death and if you are afraid then you should go to nature and listen to the voice of mother nature. i think its also saying that when you die you will become part of nature and will have more company than you did when you were alive and that everyone goes to the same place. Things that seemed romantic in this poem were that it was about nature and nature talking to someone that is afraid of death. Another romantic idea was that it was focused on imagination because without imagination you could believe nature talking to someone. also it talked about common people and how they would go to the same place as the kings and wise men.

i think the point of the poem The Ropewalk is that a man is getting sleepy working at a rope factory and he starts to day dream about some ways that rope can be used. For example two fair maidens in a swing or Then an old man in a tower, Ringing loud the noontide hour, While the rope coils round and round. The image that stands out the most to me is the lines Ships rejoicing in the breeze, Wrecks that float o'er unknown seas, Anchors dragged through faithless sand; The Ropewalk is a good example of romanticism because it includes a lot of imagery and imagination and that's what romantics mainly focused on.

A piece of art like that could be considered romanticism because it has the same ideas that most romantic writers use like for example the painting has nature in it and the clouds and water are red and you have to use your imagination to believe the water or sky could be red.

i believe that peice of art is considered romantic because i think the artist is depicting this painting to be a heavenly place with nature and imagination. you can tell the artist wanted people to use their imagination and emotions when they look at this painting.