Describe a few characteristics of 19th-century literature presented in our course. Illustrate those characteristics with specific detail from either Coreidge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, or Whitman's poetry.

There are several characteristics that we could highlight about 19th-century literature and that are expressed in the work of these authors. For example, we can look at the poetry of Walt Whitman. In the poem "Song of Myself," Whitman talks about the importance of nature, as he compares himself to the natural world and argues that the two are one and the same.

He also talks about the supremacy of the individual over the group or the society by saying that everything that makes him which is of value is also present in everyone else. This supports the idea that Whitman finds humans intrinsically important.

Finally, Whitman is able to defy the social conventions of the time by placing himself as an outsider to regular society and instead, being a free spirit.

yes, they are. i think.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.