American Poets
This poet was an American Gothic poet, known for his use of rhyme
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
A long narrative poem on a serious subject, such as "I am Joaquin"
A direct comparison between two things
What is a metaphor
Frequent lists of things, people, and attributes
What is a Catalog
What is "Harlem"
This poet was known as one of the best American poets of the 20th Century
Who is Robert Frost
What is mood
Giving non-human things human-like qualities
What is personification
Words or phrases that are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines
What is Repetition
"Proclaimed the time was neither right nor wrong./ I have been acquainted with the night"
This poet was considered a recluse and barely left her room, but also wrote over 800 poems.
Who is Emily Dickinson
This is the author's feelings toward a subject, and is usually described using adjectives
What is Tone
What is a simile
Rhymes within a line
"I am still here!/ I have endured the rugged mountains/ of our country./ I have survived the toils and slavery/ of the fields."
What is "I am Joaquin"
This poet played a huge part in the Chicano Movement
Who is Rodolfo Gonzalez
This is considered the pattern or flow of sound
What is Rhythm
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (taste, smell, sight)
What is imagery
The amount of syllables in a line
What is meter
"The day what belongs to the day-- at night the party of young fellows,/ robust, friendly,/ singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs."
What is "I Hear America Singing"
This poet was known for his jazz poetry, and poems like "Harlem"
Who is Langston Hughes
Poetry without a regular rhyme scheme or meter, which Walt Whitman was famous for using
What is verse or free verse
Related ideas that are stated in similar ways
What is parallelism
A feeling or idea that a word invokes, in addition to its literal meaning
What is connotation
"I willed my keepsakes- Signed away/ What portions of me be/ Assignable- then it was/ there interposed a Fly-"
What is "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I died"