The_Great_American_Poets

The Great American Poets The Great American Poets During the nineteenth century, many new authors blossomed in America. They strayed away from that of classical European literature, and instead created their own, unique form of literature. The most popular and greatly appreciated form of literature was poetry. America gave birth to several great poets during the nineteenth century including William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Although each of these poets emerged at approximately the same time, each one had their own style of poetry, which is why they are each celebrated for their significance in the American literature revolution. William Cullen Bryant was a gifted child who expressed interest in poetry at a young age. He was truly, the first mature American Romantic. Bryant’s poetry had many influences. A major influence included English Romanticism. Bryant held an interest in the philosophies of deism; these philosophies played a role in Bryant’s works. The surrounding, or geography, in which Bryant wrote also influenced his poems. Like many poets of his time, Bryant lived in Massachusetts, where he was able to find the metaphors needed to express the relationship between human life great, american, poems, poetry, literature, bryant, poets, poet, wrote, widely, popular, life, influence, young, whittier’s, whittier, upon, time, several, poem, longfellow, father, each, became, appreciated, america, although, written, writing, william, wendell, wadsworth, submitted, robert, remembered, read