William Bryant

A detailed Summary of William Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was born in Cummington, Massachusetts on November 3, 1794.

His home in Cummington was surrounded by brooks, rivers, rocky hills, and woods.

Bryant's mother was Sarah Snell Bryant. His father, Doctor Peter Bryant, was a strict

Calvinist who loved poetry, music, and was also one of the strongest men in the

countryside. As a child, Bryant was sickly, but his father's training turned him into a

Bryant attended the district schools until he was twelve. Then, he studied Greek

and Latin. In 1810, Bryant spent a year at William's College. In 1811, Bryant began to

study law, and in 1815 he was admitted to the bar. After some private study, he practiced

law in Barrington, Massachusetts. Poetry wasn't a practical occupation for Bryant, so he

continued working as a lawyer and a justice of the peace in Massachusetts until he moved

Considered a child-prodigy, Bryant published his first poem at age ten and his first

book at age thirteen. All of Bryant's early poetry was published in the early nineteenth

century, and he found his subject in the American landscape, especially that of New

poems include "To a Waterfowl" and "The Prairies". Bryant also translated "The Iliad"

In Bryant's later life, he traveled widely, made many public speeches, and

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Category: English

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