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William Cullen Bryant
1794-1878
Influence of English Romanticism on
Bryant’s Poetry
Bryant’s attraction to the philosophy of DEISM which
held that divinity could be found in Nature.
The Geography of his surroundings—the impact of
the beauty of Nature.
Thanatopsis
Thantos=Death
Opsis=Sight
Nature shows
us that Death
is Universal
The Dead Become One with Nature
Live Fully and Ease Into Death