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A, rather long, short introduction to poetry.

A, rather long, short introduction to poetry. A poet uses words to share experiences, thoughts or feelings. Poems are written with words chosen for their sounds and beauty as well as their meaning. What is a poem?. Do you; Read Listen to Look at Poetry?. You can do all of those, and more.

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Romantic Writers of 1800s

Romantic Writers of 1800s. Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper William Cullen Bryant Edgar Allan Poe. Common Themes for Romantic Writers. Nature The Past The Inner World of Human Nature. Romantic Writers. Emphasized the beauty, strangeness, and mystery of nature

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I. Historical background

One of the most important remains of Anglo-Saxon literature is the epic poem Beowulf. Its age is unknown; but it comes from a very distant and hoar antiquity . . . It is like a piece of ancient armor; rusty and battered, and yet strong. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet).

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Mr. Stephens

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Letter to Reverend Samson Occum/Letter to John Adams

Letter to Reverend Samson Occum/Letter to John Adams. 254-255. Letter to Reverend Samson Occum, by Phillis Wheatley. First African-American poet to be published. Unusual life: kidnapped at 7 in West Africa; sold to prosperous Wheatley family at Boston slave auction.

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Time Between the Wars

Time Between the Wars. 1919-1939. An Age of Uncertainty. Science: two remarkable thinkers made a huge impact on the 20 th Century Part of a scientific revolution as important as the first one Albert Einstein: German born physicist Theory of Relativity- space & time are not constant

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Reconstruction

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Those Winter Sundays

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How History Influences Texts

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Lawrence F erlinghetti

Lawrence F erlinghetti. Who is Lawrence Ferlinghetti ? .

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The Fireside Poets

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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Prefixes

Prefixes. Starring: Multi-, Fore-, Self-, and Hyper- By Persi. MULTI-. Multi- to have more WORD EXAMPLES than one, or many multi hyphenate multi racial multi player multi plex COMPOUND:

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Cinquain Poems

Cinquain Poems. Cinquain, pronounced sin-cane, is a non-rhyming five-lined poem. The basic form of the Cinquain follows a pattern of syllables. Cinquain Pattern #1.

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Anne Bradstreet 1 st American Poet

Anne Bradstreet 1 st American Poet. 1612 - 1672. Early Life. Born in England Raised with a Puritan upbringing Grew up in a wealthy environment Was provided an education Unusual for a woman Supposedly had eight tutors Had access to books Her father worked as steward to Earl of Lincoln.

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Elizabeth Bishop

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