1. What sort of view does "Thanatopsis," present of God?
●It presents God in a panthesic fashion likening the deity of God to the
universe.
2. In "Thanatopsis," Bryant encourages his listeners to "Go forth under the open
sky" and do what?
●He encoues the reader to “list” or to essentially listen to nature, as it speaks
and teaches its listeners.
3. In stanza 4 and stanza 8, Bryant tells the waterfowl who protects him (the bird).
Who is the protector (be specific to the poem)? ("To a Waterfowl")
God is the protector of the waterfowl- in stanza four it references that power who cares for the
paths of the bird. In the 8th stanza, he refers to the higher power who guided the bird to its final
destination and for him it is presumed to be heaven,where he meets the one who has been
guiding him all along.
