To begin, find a minimum of three definitions or discussions of romanticism, or more specifically american literary romanticism, that you feel clearly define the major distinguishing features.
using and citing these sources, present your understanding of the major aspects of romanticism found in american literature.
then discuss how all five authors (poe, thoreau, hawthorne, melville, and whitman) may be viewed in this context. discuss a minimum of three aspects of romanticism for each author. be as specific as possible and give examples from their work.
you may posit that a particular author does not fit well into this context, or fails to fit into an aspect of it. in that case clearly present the facts that support your claim.

Why is “playing it cool” laced with irony for starr? the hate u give

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

They also make slight swaying movements to mimic leaves and grass moved by the wind. based on the text, to mimic is most likely which of the following? avoid copy make mock