Henry David Thoreau

She lived in a sea of grief -apex (:

As opportunities to find spiritual meaning

slavery

That it was wrong and they had an obligation to change it

Because government can only lock people up physically and not mentally.

Ignore it and distance themselves from the government

feelings of loss will never go away (apex)

a discussion of specific uses of repetition

They were both inspired by nature.

to emphasize certain points

Apex - ( because they contain less imagery than long poems )

to serve as a pivot point for the poem (apex)

It builds suspense

with the speakers conversation with the raven (apex)

to reinforce key ideas

parallelism- APEX

walden