American Romanticism

Task one:
I read the story.

Task Two:
In the story rip van winkle I thought the story was romantic because of how he slept for 20 years and he thought it was only one night. The reason I think that this is romantic because it does not have a logical reason, American Romanticist believed that you did not have to have a logical reason for everything, that is why I think that Rip Van Winkle is a romantic story. Also he describes nature in a very descriptive way and he goes to the woods to get out of the reality of his life. The author Washington Erving displays beauty in his work through this line:
"When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue
and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky". I can visualize as i read his writing.

Task Three:

The Poem was talking about nature and death, which makes it Romantic. It also focused on imagination by mother nature can talk to someone who is afraid of dying.
It seems to me that the poem is saying don't be afraid to die. Death is nothing to be afraid of.

Task Four:
I think the peom written by Henry Longfellow describes how peolpe in every day society have to live and work. In the fourth Stanza Longfellow uses imagery to describe two women: Fair maidens, white dove, gentle hands, and twisted strand which were referring to the swing.

Task Five:
It expresses nature and it has a tone and sets a mood of calmness. Romanticist really didn't have much to see but buildings and lights to see so they could imagine their own world and that's what I think of the painting.
This painting is romantic because of the nature surrounding it and how it makes you feel. like as if god was looking down upon you.