Haiku by Issa
Abel
The moth saw brightness
in a woman's chamber-
burnt to a crisp
An excerpt from "Elegiac Verses" by William
Wordsworth
Full soon in sorrow did I weep,
Taught that the mutual hope was dust,
In sorrow, but for higher trust,
How miserably deep!
All vanished in a single word,
A breath, a sound, and scarcely heard.
Sea-Ship-drowned—Shipwreck—so it
came,
The meek, the brave, the good, was gone;
He who had been our living John
Was nothing but a name.
What motif is addressed in both forms of poetry?
romance
the ocean
the outdoors
death

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.