animals and the natural world represent something beyond themselves. select two animals or vegetation (e. g, muskrat, the tree, great turtle) and indicate what the animals represent symbolically. describe how this symbolism works.

Symbolism is a poetic style in literature that uses plants, animals,  images to indirectly express one's  ideas or emotions or convey a message without literally saying it. Whenever people use a particular plant or animal or image as their emblem or logo, you can tell what they want to convey.

DOG-Symbolizes  companionship. It is known as Man's guardian. Dogs have the qualities of  loyalty and positivity.

EAGLE: Symbolizes strength, speed and action. They are  creative , have great sense of intuition, and grace.

ROSE:Rose flower symbolizes love, beauty, luxury.

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wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human