The Washington Crossing the Delaware painting by Emanuel Leutze has similarities and differences to the Washington Crossing the Delaware poem by David Shulman. One may notice different moods, tones, and content between the two; there also may be similar literary elements.
In both the painting and poem, the moods of both seem determined. From just looking at the painting and reading the poem the reader may feel like they are actually ready to fight. In the poem the author states that General George said “can’t lose war with hands in” (Shulman line 13) which applies that they are very intent on his decision, he will not go down without a fight. In the painting the General is looking ahead straight and focused while the men are rowing and breaking the ice also focused as well so that they can make it to their destination to begin this war.
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Both painting and poem shows the cold waters swashing. They both also show that people seem prepared, stated in the poem “strong tide washing hero clean” (Shulman line 2) where as it is getting them cleaned, which is a part of preparation (. Another similarity is that they both have people rowing to get to their destination. It is stated in the poem “a hard, howling, tossing water scene.” (Shulman line 1) Which indicates that they are working hard to get there and the people have got to be rowing hard and are very determined to get there if the water is howling.
Although some differences I noticed from the painting and poem is a lot in content. In the painting, it shows horses but yet does not mention it not once in the poem. Another difference is that in the painting it shows clumps of icebergs, but also does not mention it in the poem. It just implies “How Cold!” “weather stings as in anger” (Shulman line 3) just saying that the weather is cold but not cold enough for
In the painting, the water is frozen and appears to be calm. In the poem, the water is aggressive. They are both cold though. The poem says “the cold waters swashing in rage” ( line 5). The painting does
The speaker Lampman creates describes “rows of golden palaces” (4), and “horses springing by” (1) giving the impression that winter is heavenly. The speaker initially describes winter as being something similar to the traditional idea of heaven. The speaker gives a blissful and serene description of winter. Gold is a symbol brought up frequently throughout the poem; this adds to the heavenly description of winter, as gold is a symbol of wealth and purity. Gold is used in nearly every image at the start of the poem to really evoke the bliss in winter.
In this poem, she shares many different images, all of which have very intense and powerful meanings. She used words such as smolder, glitter, and shining to describe the intense way snow is described. For example “the broad fields/ smolder with light” (Oliver 645, 24-25), which means the fields glisten mildly. Also “Trees/ glitter like castles” (Oliver 645, 22-23), represents how the snow reveals light like castles do showing their inhabitants.
The imagery used in the two poems is very similar at times. Both authors describe to the readers a picturesque view of nature, like plants blooming in the springs. Proof of this is found in “Lone Bather'; : “ is plant with lilies bursting from its heels.'; Similarly, in “The Swimmer'; the first
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley introduced controversy to her insight in politics and her slavery through poetry. The poem “To his Excellency General Washington”, shows the dedication that Wheatley proposed to politics and the problems of the America. Wheatley anticipates the future of this war that the new world is in to break away from the British. She shows the strength and triumph of the new world before the outcome of this war. This proposed Wheatley as a groundbreaker to poetry and the freedom in the new world fighting for independence. Wheatley’s poems and her personal struggle of slavery intertwine to her overall goal of each poem. This demonstrates the bold stand and positioning that Wheatley took to as an African American female poet. Wheatley exhibits her struggle of being
In the painting, Leutze uses color representation to depict the mood as hardship leading into victory. In the background of the painting, the viewer can see the clouds departing to allow the sun to shine. The use of bright colors in front of Washington and his men creates the feeling that there is hope. The use of dark colors behind Washington and his men creates the feeling that they are running away from defeat. On the other hand, color can’t be used as representation in the poem unless it’s stated in the poem; in this case, color is not mentioned except for the description of the men’s clothes. In the poem, only diction can be used to represent moods and images for the reader. The following are statement from the poem is used to create to create an image for the reader: “Strong tide was washing hero clean.” Although this statement reveals the setting, it also expresses how the water is washing the men of their wrongdoing and revealing
The opening line, already begins to symbolize the war as a storm and compares it to the unpredictable “[…] electricity of a storm […]” subtly foreshadowing the death of George. This is important in embracing the danger and severity of the war. The clouded drink symbolizes George’s thoughts. His mind is cloudy with the thoughts of the “sacred war” that’s for “liberty” and “humanity” and his hesitation and doubt of the war. This scene is portrayed in a manner where George is hesitantly drinking his drink and gulping at the thought of going to war.
...ings that can be seen in the use of word painting in the first stanza on the words “flight and falling” and “to carry a man up into the sun.” While the similarities between the pieces are fleeting both are able to take advantage of imitative polyphony and word painting to tell the same story in very unique and different ways.
The speaker from the first stanza is the observer, someone who pays closer attention to the entire piece of work, noticing all the details and able to understand the painting as a fluid story and not a snapshot. He is a man with fishing experience. He knows violent the seas and the power nature holds, strong and unforgiving to any individual. The second speaker in the poem is the observer, his voice is heard in the second stanza. He describes the individual looking at the painting as an innocent bystander embracing the art in a museum. The man views the painting, not fully immersing oneself in the complete story of the painting. Instead, he just looks on as a spectator, not fully appreciating the intensity of what he is looking at. Breaking the poem into two stanzas not only allows Finkel to voice two speakers, but also allows him to alternate the tone. The tone of the first stanza with the observer is dark, the speaker describes the events in the painting with a terror, making the painting more realistic with hints of personal experiences. The second stanza is divided into two parts: the first is calm, the onlooker is innocent, gazing at the still image on the canvas, describing the painting at face-value. The latter half of the stanza brings the painting to life. Similar to the first stanza, it transitions back into darkness, a contrast of what the observer views on the
Washington Crossing the Delaware is a painting that depicts George Washington and his men crossing the Delaware River on Christmas morning, 1776. It was illustrated by Emanuel Leutze, a German-American artist who is best known for his adaptations of history on canvas. This version of Washington Crossing the Delaware in 1851 was actually his second rendition of it due to the first version being damaged in a fire. This painting currently resides at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where thousands of visitors see it every day.
Although the painting by Leutze and the poem by David Shulman are very similar they have some differences. some of this differences includes the fact the one of the works is a painting and the other is a poem. In the poem it makes the water seem like it is a lot rougher than it seems in the painting the poem is also more descriptive than the painting. Another difference is the moods in the works, the mood in the painting is hard working and the mood in the poem is harsh. Even though these two works are about the same thing they still
During the 18th century, two great companions, William Wordsworth, collaborated together to create Lyrical Ballad, one of the greatest works of the Romantic period. The two major poems of Lyrical Ballad are Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” and Coleridge’s “Frost at Midnight.” Even though these two poems contain different experiences of the two speakers, upon close reading of these poems, the similarities are found in their use of language, the tone, the use of illustrative imagery to fascinate the reader’s visual sense and the message to their loved ones. The speaker of “Lines Composed of a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” is Wordsworth himself. He represents Romanticism’s spiritual view of nature.
It’s about a girl who is riding a carriage with another man. She put away her leisure and her labor for his civility. She is also talking about death and how she dislikes death and she doesn’t want to die. I want to focus on how similar the two poems are.
Frost’s sentence structure is long and complicated. Many meanings of his poems are not revealed to the reader through first glance, but only after close introspection of the poem. The true meanings contained in Frost’s poems, are usually lessons on life. Frost uses symbolism of nature and incorporates that symbolism into everyday life situations. The speaker in the poems vary, in the poem “The Pasture”, Frost seems to be directly involved in the poem, where as in the poem “While in the Rose Pogonias”, he is a detached observer, viewing and talking about the world’s beauty. Subsequently, the author transfers that beauty over to the beauty of experiences that are achieved through everyday life.
Stevens’ message reveals itself as the poem unravels: there is never one true understanding of a reality outside of one’s interpretation. The author suggests that one can’t help but transfer their own beliefs and ideas onto what they see; in this case, the “listener” is projecting an impression of misery onto the scenery that lies before him. For example, the first two stanzas are filled with decorative language that serves to describe the visual image of a winter landscape. Using phrases such as “crusted with snow” (3) instead of “covered” with snow provides an evocative illustration of the snow’s roughness. Other phrases such as “shagged with ice” (5) and “rough in the distant glitter/Of the January sun” (6-7) force the reader to experience the miserable portrayal of winter. These are not the descriptions of an observer who “beholds nothing that is not there” (14-15), but rather the objective, poetic appreciation for the snowy