Themes and Topics

     Today in class, we were required to come up with a paragraph theme for a poem that we were supposed to choose out of three from a romantic poet named Walt Whitman. We had spent about 15-20 min on our Chromebooks typing and helping each other with the paragraph theme. Afterwards, we were shown a picture of Yosemite Valley that in groups we discussed and analyzed how it made us feel. Words like tranquility and serenity were used. This goes to show why romantics wanted to be with nature. Even though the picture that was shown was not a true depiction of Yosemite Valley, but it made people who lived in the east wanted to go and live in the west. This really caught the eyes of people who didn't really get and couldn't get education and felt that the nature and new scenery was something worth going to.
     This can be used today because also in class we were talking about how boring it is living in the East. Many people even today want to go to the west just to visit one the National State Parks. Like back then with the Manifest Destiny, today some people still want to go west. We can use analysis on different things as well to help us understand things we may not fully comprehend. Also using themes can help people with understanding books, passages, and poems a lot more.