American Literature / Unit 6 AML 0516 short lesson, about 20 seconds
William Cullen Bryant and "Thanatopsis"
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The idea
Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis" as a young man, and the poem, whose title means a view of death, says nature speaks a various language and the grave is a couch shared by all. It made blank verse an American instrument.
In practice
A view of death, written young.
Where people slip
The consolation is natural, not Christian.
Your place on the trail
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