… we are driven to conclude that this greater is simply due to our domestic productions having been raised under conditions of life not so uniform as, and somewhat different from, those to which the parent-species have been exposed under nature.
From this quote (above) we are led to believe that Charles Darwin is a writer that indeed does try to explain everything scientifically, and logically. Darwin tries to do this by his sentence structure, his choice of words and the punctuation that he uses throughout the piece.
Darwin uses heavy punctuation and a wide range of diction in his writing to explain what he wants to easily. The punctuation is to slow the sentences down to a slow pace, but also to drag them out and enable him to make his sentences longer and make them flow better.
When we look to the individuals of the same variety or subvariety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us, is, that they generally differ much more from each other, than do the individuals of any one species or variety in a state of nature.
… our oldest domesticated animals are still capable of rapid improvement or modification
Darwin uses specific sentences and phrases to gain our attention as a reader. The quote on the previous page is a perfect example of this. The sentence is the last sentence on the first paragraph and is there to make you use your mind and think; what will happen next? Where is this leading to? What is this trying to say to me? Should I read on from here and find out or not?
Darwin is here with his scientific and factual writing as expressed in ‘The Origion of Species’. Darwin uses reason to explain everything, whereas Keats is in the total opposite mind set, with his writing in the artistical and romantic style of writing.
John Keats is also poet from the 19th century just the same as Charles Darwin. Keats has the artistic, colorful approach to life. Keats writes expressively and in short punchy sentences that are full of meaning and conciseness.
MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
These are only a couple of phrases that can be used to describe Keats’s approach to life. Both of these quotes are from his poem, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, that was written in 1884 and published in 1888. It is obvious throughout this poem, that Keats is thinking carefully about the words that he is using and the way in which he can produce this text as being heart felt and sympathetic as possible.
Keats writes as though he is in a dream time and is trying to find a way out. Throughout the poem, you start to get a feeling that he is going to commit suicide or do something terrible that will affect his life forever if he goes through with it. This is seen in the following two quotes.
Keats also uses the form of writing that involves the adventurous type of writing. Keats does this in the way that he can capture his readers in a way that makes it exciting for us to read as a reader. This is done through many lines including all of the beginning, ending and the body of the poem.
Throughout the poem, Keats, makes reference to the fact that he is planning to commit suicide. This comes up too many times to let fly by. The fact that Keats makes reference to this is a problem in itself. This problem is that he is a famous writer and very well known for his pieces. It would be a shame for him to now be known as a suicidal freak who couldn’t handle the pressure of his family and his work.
Keats also writes similar to Charles Darwin in the way that they both leave the paragraphs with you thinking of what is going to happen next and makes you get the feeling of should I keep reading. Keats does this in nearly all of his paragraphs and they are all successful.
Chapter 1 Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Chapter 2 To thy high requiem become a sod.
Chapter 3 The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves
Chapter 4 Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Chapter 5 Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.
Chapter 6 And with thee fade away into the forest dim:
Chapter 7 Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Chapter 8 Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?
John Keats and Charles Darwin both have different styles of writing. Charles Darwin writes in the logical, scientific, rational way and Keats writes with the colorful, artistic and romantic style of writing. Although they both write in their own styles, they can relate their writing to the same thing in the same way. Artistical and Scientifical writing are both styles of writing and they can both be used in the same piece at exactly the same time.
