Journal #20

You can tell that this a Romanticism piece just from the title. The title is autumn and autumn has to do with nature. One of the main characteristics of the Romanticism period is that nature is a common theme. The poem is talking about Autumn and the good things about autumn such as the golden leaves. We have read many other poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I have read poems that he wrote about pretty much every season. I read O perfect Day which was about the perfect days of summer. I also read another one that was about winter and the gloom of winter and now this one is about Autumn and how pretty it is with the golden leaves. I agree with his views on all of the seasons. I love summer and I think that it is filled with perfect warm days that he spoke of. The best part of summer is that you can sleep in if you want. Then the poem that I read about Winter was about how gloomy it was because all the good things about nature was over and the bitter coldness was just around the corner. I hate that part of year where all the leaves are dead and it is just bitter frigid cold. Then in this poem Autumn I think that he likes Autumn and enjoys it. I agree the weather for Autumn is sometimes just perfect. Not too hot and not too cold and it is also filled with beautiful leaves that are red, orange, yellow, sometimes still green, golden, and every shade in between. My favorite of the three is summer, but closely followed by Autumn and then the least favorite just like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is winter. I like him as a poet because his poems are easy to understand but still contain all the characteristics a romanticism style piece should contain. I love all seasons at times but there is also bad times about each as well.