I have to write 3 thesis statements ;Compare and/ or contrast two of the 5 poems
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The Base Stealer by Robert Francis
Nature by Henry David Thoreau
A Noiseless Patient spider by Walt Whitman
I have no idea how ...can someone help please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was thinking about the last two , one want to be in nature and one compare himself to a spider spinning web
This is deal tomorrow!!! i feel so stupid!!!!
Do you need to write a five-paragraph essay?
for today i have to write the thesis first ,,, i have to show everyone in class tomorrow !!! :( Please help me!!
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Do you understand these poems?
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Fog by Carl Sandburg
Nature by Henry David Thoreau
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can you help me please !!!!
Of course.
Do you understand these poems?
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Fog by Carl Sandburg
Nature by Henry David Thoreau
kind of but not a lot
Which two do you best understand?
Well i understand Nature by Henry David Thoreau
A Noiseless Patient spider by Walt Whitman the best i guess
Is "A Noiseless Patient Spider" in any way about nature?
well the guy compare himself to a spider
Have you ever heard the word "transcendentalism"?
no
i have not
Okay. Is this for a high school class?
I'm asking these questions for a reason, so be patient.
Im an freshman in high school but i have never heard of it :(
What big ideas are discussed in BOTH poems?
Nature
O Nature! I do not aspire
To be the highest in thy choir, -
To be a meteor in thy sky,
Or comet that may range on high;
Only a zephyr that may blow
Among the reeds by the river low;
Give me thy most privy place
Where to run my airy race.
In some withdrawn, unpublic mead
Let me sigh upon a reed,
Or in the woods, with leafy din,
Whisper the still evening in:
Some still work give me to do, -
Only - be it near to you!
For I'd rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.
Henry David Thoreau
Good start.
What human feelings do BOTH poems deal with?
Guess if you have to.
Maybe you should pick two of the poems that you know very well and reread it again until you know exactly what the poem is trying to say and the hidden meaning behind it. Then maybe you should find the moral of the poem and try putting it into sentences b/c the thesis is basically a sentence that consists the main idea of what you're trying to say and it tells a summary of what you're going to write about it in the body paragraphs. So you should find the main idea behind the two poems and convert them into sentences and there you have your thesis!
Hope this helps!
A Noiseless Patient Spider
BY WALT WHITMAN
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
Don't worry; I have both poems up right now.
Nature;stay away from the bustle of city and civilization
A noiseless patient spider ; lonely
Good start, but...
What I mean to ask is, what human feelings do the two poems have in COMMON?
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i dont really know ...i am really bad at poetry
I understand. Look up these words...
FATE and SOLITUDE
even if you know what they mean.
okay:
Each poem confronts the individual's role in the universe .
Both speakers ponder their fate and destiny .
In both poems, the speaker addresses the issue of solitude .
Without wanting to stay up all night, and knowing that you need something NOW, I think these will do.
However, do you understand why I chose these?
yes thank you so much !!! you are so helpful !!!
You're welcome! I wish there were a way for people to contact each other here; this essay is not gonna be a simple proposition!
