Biography
This American poet was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, in 1794.
Who is William Cullen Bryant
This poem, whose title means "view of death", is Bryant's most famous work.
What is Thanatopsis?
Most of Bryant's poems draw inspiration from this.
What is nature?
Bryant was one of the first poets to create a distinctly ______ voice.
What is American?
Bryant wrote Thanatopsis at about this age.
What is 17 years old?
Before becoming a writer and editor, Bryant trained for this profession.
What is a lawyer?
In this poem, Bryant compares a bird's flight to divine guidance in human life.
What is To a Waterfowl?
Bryant's poetry often reflects on this universal human expericence.
What is death?
He used his newspaper to support causes like abolition and reform.
What is social and political reform?
He supported the creation of this famous NYC park.
What is Central Park?
Bryant spent much of his career as the editor of this New York newspaper.
What is the New-York Evening Post?
This poem celebrates the vastness and beauty of the American Midwest.
What is The Praires?
In poems like To a Waterfowl, Bryant sees this divine force as guiding humans.
What is God (or divine providence)?
Bryant delivered an oration in New York after the death of his president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was sometimes called the "Father of American _____".
What is poetry?
He died in this city in 1878 after a long career in writing and politics.
What is New York City?
This poet describes the fading beauty of flowers in autumn.
What is The death in the flowers?
Bryant style often combines personal meditation with this kind of lesson.
What is moral or spiritual reflection?
His poetry influenced these two American writers.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
Bryant believed daily walks outdoors improved this aspect of life.
What is health (or well-being)?
Bryant began publishing poems at a young age, but this washis very first book of poetry (1821).
What is poetry?
This early poem reflects on the fragility of life through a spring flowers.
What is The yellow Violet?
His works are influenced by this movement that valued emotion and nature.
What is Romanticism?
In addition to poetry, Emerson wrote many of these persuasive articles.
What are editorials?
His status still stands in this Manhattan park named after him.
What is Bryant Park?