Eiron Rosqueta

• To a Waterfowl


  Poem written by William Cullen Bryant
• To a waterfowl first appeared in Bryant's literary journalin

  1818
• Theme of To a Waterfowl

  • Expresses speaker's faith in God
• Oliver Wendell Holmes


  Doctor of medicine and man of letters
• Oliver Wendell Holmes' lifespan

  29 August 1809 - October 7 1894
• Oliver Wendell Holmes

  • One of the Fireside Poets
  • Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Graduated from Harvard in 1829
  • Became the leading medical researcher in the U.S.
  • Was the dean of Harvard Medical School from 1847-1853
• Benevolent


  Having the desire
• Illimitable


  Without limits or an end
• Solitary


  Done or existing alone
• Billows


  A large undulating mass of something (typically cloud, smoke, or steam)
• Magnificent


  Very good, excellent
• Majesty


  Royal power
• Eternal


  Lasting or existing forever, without end or beginning
• Eloquence


  Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing
• Venerable


  Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character
• Totters


  Fall down
• Melancholy


  Gloomiest of spirits
• Forsaken


  Abandoned or deserted
• Thanatopsis


  A consideration of death
• Thanatopsis


  Derived from the Greek thanatos (death) and opsis (view, sight)
• Thanatopsis


  • Main idea is that death is a natural part of both life and death
  • Primary themes are life, death and nature
• The Last Leaf


  A poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, published in 1886
• The Last Leaf


  • It's about dying and being the last person left among friends and family
  • The main story theme is Hope and Sacrifice
  • The author aims to highlight the importance of having courage
  • The moral of the story is that we should never lose hope in life
  • It is written in the naturalistic style
• Thanatopsis is an early poem by the American poet William Cullen Bryant