Ineed with this writing prompt what does the acronym picmine have to do with romantic writing? then i have to include examples that i have seen in the writings on burns, blake, wordsworth, coleridge and/or byron. i have looked in all of the stuff the teacher gave us and i can’t find what picmine is and has to do with the romantic writings.

PICMINE literally summarizes the characteristics of Romantic writings and Romantic writers in comparisson to other cultural periods. The acronym literally means as follows: P: past, I: Imagination, C: Common man, M: Mystery/supernatural, I: Individualism, N: Nature and E: Emotion.

Romanticism initiated as an era in Germany and then spread out to other parts of the European continent in the 18th century, but was at its peak between 1800 and 1850. This period of cultural thought and philosophical view of life affected all aspects of culture, including literature and it emerged in counterbalance to the Age of Enlightenment and its logical and scientific way of thinking and the Industrial Revolution. In counterpoint to other philosophical and cultural currents, Romanticism stressed the importance of the past, the individual, the idealization of nature vs civilization, the innate goodness of man vs education, the expression of strong emotions and feelings and most importantly, the vitality of imagination. Lord Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Blake are some of the many writers, especially of British origin, who emerged during the era of Romanticism.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

write a five paragraph essay, you were taught to have three body paragraphs. a university essay is more flexible than that, depending on its length and on what it is trying to say. a short university essay may have three body paragraphs, but it may have more.