Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau are known as the American Transcendentalist Poets.  Some of the main themes of these writers are:
-Nature and The Woods
-Solitude
-The Self:  The Self can "rise above" circumstances (which is what transcendentalism means)


Question:

1)   Do you see these themes in these poems, and why?

2)   Compare these poems to the Ted Talk (Can  a Computer Write Poetry), and discuss whether
      Computer can actually write poetry.

3)   Comment on each other's Blog comments


This is Due Friday along with a general paragraph on how you felt about the poems.
5 points for the paragraph
5 points for the blog entry (some of you will need to make more than one entry).

Poetry Question - February 6, 2016

Comment on the following famous quote by the American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey who lived from about 1856 - 1952.




                           We don't learn from experience, but  from reflecting on experience. 



1) Do you agree with it?
2) Why or why not
3)  Does this have anything to do with poetry?