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Mention 3 characteristics of Romantic style of poetry. Romantic poems often highlight the importance of nature, giving it a magical and powerful significance. Romantic poems give value to one’s individual emotions and experiences, allowing him/her to express his/her thoughts freely (individualism) Romantic can often be about a struggling hero who perseveres through a journey despite the constraints. The concept of the struggling hero is often used by poets to display the readers with a struggle in real life. The Romantics also glorified the middle ages and borrowed many elements from the period. The Romantic poems were also about horror and the supernatural (Poe). In “Marian Anderson,” what makes her effort comparable to that of Martin Luther king? Although the purpose of Marian Anderson’s efforts were not as obvious as that of Martin Luther King’s, they both fought for the basic human rights that African Americans were deprived of at the time. Marian Anderson was faced with segregation many times throughout her life and career, but despite the difficulties she persevered, giving hope to other African Americans struggling for their dreams to do the same. In her Washington concert she made a strong statement that talent does not know race as …show more content…

My Captain!” what doe the captain and the journey historically represent? Why is the narrator feeling confused? In this story, the journey represents the civil war that was taking place in the United States at the time and the captain represents Abraham Lincoln who was the leader who put an end to the civil war (finished the journey) but did not live to see the end of his long and tiring journey. In the story the narrator who represents America’s nation is feeling internally conflicted because he doesn't know whether to be happy because of the end of the journey (civil war), or sad because of the death of the Captain (Abraham Lincoln). In the end he decides to feel sad while people celebrate the

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