tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post6144500033290774431..comments2023-06-29T02:36:24.401-07:00Comments on English II Topics: Heine responsesbrad sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04368090513200947379noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-23014664997746186512011-02-14T20:32:00.117-08:002011-02-14T20:32:00.117-08:00"A Pint Tree Is Standing Lonely" is a be..."A Pint Tree Is Standing Lonely" is a beautiful, simple poem by Heinrich Heine that is clearly influenced by Romanticism through it's use of nature and the natural scene. The juxtaposition of the two trees in opposite conditions, frozen heights and burning desert, is meant to evoke emotion from the reader. The frozen tree dreams of another tree, both of which are sad. This to me seems to be a metaphor for how universal sorrow and grieving are. These two trees are nothing alike, yet they both feel the sting of pain. The strong images of the two trees and nothing more are powerful in their mental pictures and simplicity. <br /><br />Callie Slaughter Period 8Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716569460731346408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-56329211209252192592011-02-12T19:28:46.443-08:002011-02-12T19:28:46.443-08:00"A Pine is Standing Lonely" exemplifies ..."A Pine is Standing Lonely" exemplifies both the appreciation of nature and the focus on human emotion typical of the Romantic era. The tree in the poem, which "stand[s] lonely/ [...] on a bare plateau" seems to serve as a metaphor for the poet's own solitude. The tone Heine evokes with the tree's "enshroud[ing] [...] in ice and snow" while dreaming of "a palm tree/ [...] on a suburnt, rocky strand" is one of loneliness, but also of hope for a future that is at least a bit brighter (literally, in the pine's instance) than the present. While the poet's own admission to isolation might come across as overly sentimental, attributing these feelings to the tree evokes a poignant wistfulness, communicating Heine's meaning more effectively than he could have in first person. The juxtaposition in the poem of the pine tree surrounded by "a bright white blanket/ [of] ice and snow" and the imagined "sunburnt" palm tree "far away in an Eastern land" enhances the concept of solitude, even suggesting that an individual can be lonely in any situation, for loneliness comes from within (more of the emotional individualism common of Romanticism). Frequent alliteration and consonance in these brief verses helps to create a calm, stoic gait which adds to the solemn tone. Finally, the personification of the pine and palm trees, in addition to further evidencing Romanticism's love of nature, adds to the depth and veracity of the work, such that the reader can truly understand the Romantic melancholy that Heine seeks to communicate.<br /><br />Rebecca PittelThe facts are these...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11842687748473362107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-61918823730136799052011-02-11T22:15:28.360-08:002011-02-11T22:15:28.360-08:00"A Pine is Standing Lonely"
Megan Wei 1s..."A Pine is Standing Lonely"<br />Megan Wei 1st<br /><br />Heine incorporates Romanticism into his poem with the introduction of an isolated, lonely tree. His use of adjectives such as "lonely" and "bare" evokes feelings of sympathy. An element of Romanticism is feeling, and sympathy is the most prevalent, emotional theme throughout this poem. Heine's description of the tree "dreaming of a palm tree far away" illustrates the tree in a naive way. Heine's use of literary devices include personification when a "[tree] lonely and silently mourn[s]." Personification allows the audience to relate to the tree, as it now has the ability to mourn and have feelings. The tree also "sleeps" in the "North on a bare plateau," This use of personification further relates the tree to people. My emotional reaction to this poem was thought-provoking. Because this poem was significantly shorter in length compared to the other poems, I thought that it was concise, symbolic, and straightforward. The tree representing the human condition and Heine's descriptions of the settings caused me to ponder over the meaning of the poem.Megan W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04693851600828796257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-48301822916852533472011-02-10T22:23:26.380-08:002011-02-10T22:23:26.380-08:00The poem describes a very lonely scenery.
The lo...The poem describes a very lonely scenery. <br /><br />The lonely pine-tree blanketed in snow in the North creates an imagery of a mournfully silence palm tree near burning wall of rock in the east. This creates a very bright contrast, resulting in the reader's use of imagination to paint a vivid image within their minds without using a large quantity of words.<br /><br />Because of the poet's diction it is easy to see that in the poet's subconscious feelings are that he is very melancholy and lonely. The pine tree dreams of a palm tree just as miserable as it is. If I were the pine tree I would dream of something that would enlighten my day, wealth, happiness, etc. However, the poet even in a dream dreams of pain and suffering on the side where the grass should be greener. <br /><br />Kevin Ku's Mom<br />period 6Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474983590517944857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-9272411163773501152011-02-10T20:15:55.326-08:002011-02-10T20:15:55.326-08:00A Young Man Loves a Maiden
This poem is romantic ...A Young Man Loves a Maiden<br /><br />This poem is romantic in that it is themed with what is considered to be one of the most powerful emotions of all: love. The way the maiden "marries the first who comes along" represents spontaniety, another big element found in works from the Romantic period. I believed Heine made this poem as a mockery of the idea that love is such a pleasing thing. It can instead be rather depressing if not satisfied and can leave you feeling sad and alone. I believe this and others of his poems are direct reflections of what he was feeling(lonely), as I read he did become sick in his later years and was frequently confined in bed to rest. <br /> On a different note, the site that I found this poem the german version was also displayed. Although I cannot understand german, I found it unique how there was still a set rhyme scheme. I looked at some of his other works in german and found that they too follow this same ABAB CDCD EFEF rhyme scheme. <br /><br />Danielle Devers<br />English 7dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663448295131168032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-43948045756099096732011-02-10T18:07:51.096-08:002011-02-10T18:07:51.096-08:00A Pine is Standing Lonely
This poem can by identi...A Pine is Standing Lonely <br />This poem can by identified as romanticism because of it has an interest in nature, and it paints a natural scene. Heine personifies the lovers as trees, adding to the romance. He describes the tree "dreaming" and "mourning." These are human emotions and the combination of nature and emotion makes this poem romantic. The author tries to relate to the audience when he was one tree dream of another. He describes the trees as "lonely" and needing companionship, much like people do. <br />Luisa Venegoni<br />Period 7Lui-Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172890760466990461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-60286058990286592142011-02-10T11:06:06.993-08:002011-02-10T11:06:06.993-08:00A Pine is Standing Lonely
When I originally read...A Pine is Standing Lonely <br /><br />When I originally read this, I interpreted that the pine tree wished he was palm tree. But after reading the poem a second time, I sensed instead that the pine tree felt sorry for the palm tree and was happy that he was a pine tree. The conclusion I came to was that Heine is trying to communicate the idea in the common phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side"- that people are and will always be dissatisfied with their life in some way or another. The tree is personified in the way he is able to feel and think various things. The fact that the author chose to convey this inner thought through a tree represents nature and individual thought, common themes in Romanticism . <br /><br />Danielle D<br />English 7dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663448295131168032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-57008200018486860532011-02-10T10:49:46.036-08:002011-02-10T10:49:46.036-08:00A Young Man Loves a Maiden
The emotion of having s...A Young Man Loves a Maiden<br />The emotion of having something torn away from you is placed here. The young man thinks that the woman truly loves him, yet she is simply using him to get revenge on another. The young man, realizing this, "must rue it long." The maiden, in the same way, has had the other man torn away from her, as he instead loves another. Heine himself puts it best in the end of the poem, "every time it happens, it breaks the heart in two." <br />Geoff Shannon - 7th periodUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933535280310436125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-16413895247863452652011-02-10T10:46:39.542-08:002011-02-10T10:46:39.542-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933535280310436125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-28071570617154265072011-02-10T10:38:12.895-08:002011-02-10T10:38:12.895-08:00Heine uses the description of the landscape around...Heine uses the description of the landscape around the pine, a frozen plateau, to inspire emotion in the reader. A sadness is created through creating a bare, empty plane that reflects how nothing seems real, or that nothing matters when one is deeply sad. Heine also uses a soft envy. The pine wishes to be in the same environment as the palm tree, theoretically a warm happy beach, yet the tree is less in the way of angry and more in the way of wistful about the separation. In the end, the reader feels sympathy for the pine, due to reflections about the readers own situation.<br />Geoff Shannon - 7th periodUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933535280310436125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-56809932423459307572011-02-10T08:35:25.791-08:002011-02-10T08:35:25.791-08:00A Pine is Standing Lonely
The pine tree was stand...A Pine is Standing Lonely<br /><br />The pine tree was standing alone. He wanted to be a palm tree instead. He pretends he is with his imagination to escape his melancholy life. This poem makes me gracious that we are able to have thoughts and feelings to gain a momentary escape from reality. <br /><br />Carolyn D<br />(Danielle's mom)dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663448295131168032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-82563013641449968002011-02-10T07:36:59.624-08:002011-02-10T07:36:59.624-08:00In "[A Pine Is Standing Lonely]", Heine ...In "[A Pine Is Standing Lonely]", Heine makes the point that people are never wholly satisfied with what they have. Even a perfectly serene pine with a pure blanket of snow is "dreaming of a palm tree/far away in the Eastern land." The poem also employs Romantic notions of wisdom being found in things other than old people. The tree longs for a different habitat, but knows that even there it would still be "silently mourning." Heine's poem shows a Romantic interest in nature, projecting civilized thoughts upon a pine to make it feel emotions, to make it feel "lonely."<br /><br />Clare Zarker 1stUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727455522168330668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-46113945796773924782011-02-10T06:58:39.964-08:002011-02-10T06:58:39.964-08:00"A Pine is Standing Lonely"
This poem i..."A Pine is Standing Lonely"<br /><br />This poem is Romantic because it deals with human emotions by way of nature. People are not mentioned in the poem, however, the tree is personified. He "sleeps" and "dream[s]" as a person does. He has ambitions and he has desires. He also has the capacity to be alone, and to know that he is lonely and that there is more out there. Want is something all people can relate to, and this poem demonstrates that strong emotion with strong imagery of nature, making it fall under the umbrella of Romanticism.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362677744911645528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-65535793387301303012011-02-10T06:56:16.309-08:002011-02-10T06:56:16.309-08:00A Young Man Loves a Maiden
(Willa Brown)
This poe...A Young Man Loves a Maiden<br />(Willa Brown)<br /><br />This poem is romantic because of the need for free expression of thought and desires. The poem tells a telling tale of a girl that ruins her life and and her husbands because of jealousy. This jealousy for another man blinds her and doesn't let her truly love another. Heine is noting on the constriction of such thoughts and ways of life. The girl would be much better off if she let it go and freed herself to new emotions. I like how the lines are short but still dense and straight to the point.Willa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487494906416737022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-84090819411043504032011-02-10T06:41:28.614-08:002011-02-10T06:41:28.614-08:00Heinrich Heine, “A Pine Is Standing Lonely”
This ...Heinrich Heine, “A Pine Is Standing Lonely”<br /><br />This poem is a clear example of Romanticism because it personifies humanistic longing through the motif of a solitary tree. There is a clear association of human moods with the ‘moods’ of Nature. The lonely tree “in the North” dreams of a palm tree in a warmer region, which exemplifies the unattainable qualities of true love, or at least, the idea of such. The line “enshrouds him in ice and snow” found in the final line of the first stanza not only explains the tree’s physical appearance, but also his disposition. The tree is hidden, and in a way, crippled by his mindset, due to the cold environment he lives in. While I thoroughly enjoyed the simplicity and succinctness of this poem, I felt the ending was anticlimactic. The tree in the North is “dreaming of a palm tree/Far away in the eastern land”, but little does he know that the other tree is “lonely and silent mourning/on a sunburnt rock strand.” Despite the difference in locations, it is made obvious by Heine that the other tree is still unhappy. This speaks volumes to the idealistic nature of humans, and the unrelenting whip of reality. Perhaps the grass is perceived as greener on the other side, but in actuality, it is just as unsatisfied as the grass somewhere else. <br /><br />Olivia BerkeleyOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066356611246831866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-57661851923387123662011-02-10T06:29:47.167-08:002011-02-10T06:29:47.167-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362677744911645528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-18076205789852655542011-02-10T06:21:51.171-08:002011-02-10T06:21:51.171-08:00A Pine Is Standing Lonely
In this poem, the pine ...A Pine Is Standing Lonely<br /><br />In this poem, the pine tree is given human traits. This helps the reader to identify with the tree and feel its loneliness as they read. This poem is heavy with feelings of forlornness. This much emotion is typical of a Romantic work. Also like other Romantic works, it uses images in nature and describes them with great detail. As I read I can almost see both trees growing in front of me.<br /><br />Katelyn Alexander 7thKatelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496833131024915257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-64128588444378288262011-02-10T06:20:22.074-08:002011-02-10T06:20:22.074-08:00Ari Rogers, 3rd
A Pine is Standing Lonely
This po...Ari Rogers, 3rd<br />A Pine is Standing Lonely<br /><br />This poem clearly displays the scenic and natural aspects of Romantic literature. The subject is a pine tree, and the majority of the poem is descriptions of landscapes. For example, in the first stanza, "He sleeps; a bright white blanket/<br />Enshrouds him in ice and snow." Now, the less obvious Romantic tool found in "A Pine is Standing Lonely" is the hints towards the power of imagination and natural genius. The tree is constantly personified, and Heine uses personification to express this theme. An example of this theme by the use of personification is"He is dreaming of a palm tree." First of all the tree is referred to as 'he', a pronoun we most commonly use when talking about humans, and secondly the tree is said to dream. Dreaming is an ability few animals have, but humans are the 'best' at it, as it were. So because of this the tree is personified. Heine uses this personification to give the tree a mind, which dreams itself out of its solitude. This is the power of imagination, and Heine gives it to the tree with personification.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053918807948843542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-19644337954671896522011-02-09T23:38:52.842-08:002011-02-09T23:38:52.842-08:00Alina Vega
A Pine Is Standing Lonely
This poem is ...Alina Vega<br />A Pine Is Standing Lonely<br />This poem is very Romantic in that it is very sensual and connected to nature. It may seem very bare bones in its language, but it is quite the opposite. In writing about a barren landscape, an entire picture is painted. The pine is lonely, a human emotion, personified by Heine to try reconnecting humans to nature. While the pine’s feelings are very plain, almost as if it were a small child, they are undeniably human. While it varies from translation to translation, the poem still serves the same purpose: to compare the life of a lone, cold tree to some aspect of a human’s life. My own response is very straightforward. When I compare myself to this pine, I think of my mornings, tired in the dark and cold before my bus arrives.Gleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240247089113271412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-31782974815154768902011-02-09T21:03:28.559-08:002011-02-09T21:03:28.559-08:00A Young Man Loves a Maiden
Absent are the usual ma...A Young Man Loves a Maiden<br />Absent are the usual markers for a Romantic poem. Where A Young Man lacks in imagery of natural settings it makes up for in the emphasis on emotions. Up to this point in time men had been seen as closer to the logical side of things, women were the ones who chased emotion. At this point, however, a young man admits an emotional love for a women, and allows for a revenge settlement. He must bear with his situation but his heart is still broken in the end.Kira Strzepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725198278448576306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-38843939269070490942011-02-09T20:04:43.118-08:002011-02-09T20:04:43.118-08:00Heine's "A Pine Is Standing Lonely" ...Heine's "A Pine Is Standing Lonely" is most obviously romantic through its focus on nature, particularly a pine and palm to tree and by giving the trees human like moods and thoughts. The pine tree is standing alone as "he dreameth of a palm-tree". By giving the pine tree human moods the reader relates by thinking of a time when he or she may have been in someplace they didn't want to be and were dreaming of something different. But then when he describes the the situation of the palm tree as a "burning bank of sand" it serves as a warning to the reader that not everything is always better where you think it will be. Also by describing the palm tree as "Lonely and silent longing" it serves to warn that while the situation may be better, which it arguable isn't in this case, that won't make the original problem disappear.<br /><br />Mason Shea-- 1stmasonsheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209686678165611316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-78165207572457862292011-02-09T20:00:34.917-08:002011-02-09T20:00:34.917-08:00Elizabeth Bowie, period 1
"A pine is standing...Elizabeth Bowie, period 1<br />"A pine is standing lonely"<br /><br />This poem is definitely Romantic in its mood, personification and description of nature. He describes the spruce as lonely and drowsing, dreaming of a palm tree in scorching sand, giving wild Romantic extremes. It feels human in its writing that we want what we cannot have- we want it to be summer when it is winter, and I bet the palm tree is dreaming of winter as well. It also works as a metaphor for someone pining after a lover who has gone away or moved, giving more Romantic ideas to the poem.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889943481280845641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-21411692242601244992011-02-09T19:57:24.783-08:002011-02-09T19:57:24.783-08:00“a pine is standing lonely”
Heine personifies the ...“a pine is standing lonely”<br />Heine personifies the pine and palm tree in this poem to describe love. The two trees live in different worlds, pine tree is “[swathed] in folds of white,” and the palm tree sits “on her burning bank of sand.” Heine describes both trees as “lonely” and yearning for something or someone else, which represents the human need for companionship and our fear of being alone. The trees are not burning with desire, they are quietly dreaming of each other. This poem is simple and short with only two stanzas, yet it manages to convey love in a romanticized way and by doing this Heine separates the ideas of passion and love.<br /><br />Shannon Plunkett<br />period 3Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420059244548031613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-73819872431089679832011-02-09T19:50:55.541-08:002011-02-09T19:50:55.541-08:00A Pine is Standing Lonely
Heine personifies the ...A Pine is Standing Lonely <br /><br />Heine personifies the tree with emotions of loneliness and false hope. He sets a mood of depression by using the two trees and relating them to human emotions. He uses imagery to set this tone in stone by relating the feeling loneliness to harsh cold weather, which seems to be prevalent through out most of these poems. While one tree suffers in the cold the other lives it up in the sun.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061250474011632919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6064110983512590860.post-14410956287565219912011-02-09T19:50:00.933-08:002011-02-09T19:50:00.933-08:00"A Pine is Standing Lonely"
This poem fo..."A Pine is Standing Lonely"<br />This poem focuses on nature as a way of expression, a common theme in romantics works. First, Heine mentions the tree sleeping in "ice and snow" in the north. The tree then dreams of a "burning bank of sand" in the sunrise-land. The contrast put forth here as well as the personification of the tree shows human mirrors. By not creating a scientific picture, but one that emphasizes emotion, Heine creates a romantic scenario that calms the reader as well as suggests they ponder if we are all "lonely", cold individuals wanting warmth like the tree.<br /><br />- Jenna Lang, 7th periodJennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07448751276750994547noreply@blogger.com