Walt Whitman
The state Walt Whitman was born in
What is New York?
The state Emily Dickinson was born in
What is Massachusetts?
Words or phrases that create strong images, memories or feelings
What is evocative language?
The author's attitude or feelings about the subject of his or her writing?
What is tone?
The literary period that Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were born in
What is the Romantic Period?
The style of writing commonly used by Walt Whitman
What is free verse?
Emily Dickinson's nickname
What is the Recluse of Amherst?
A timely pause or strategic silence in poetry
What is a caesura?
A universal idea, lesson, or message explored in a work of literature
What is theme?
Walt Whitman’s poem “Oh Captain My Captain!” was written about him
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The way Whitman had his famous book published
What is self-published?
Dickinson used rhyme and meter in her stanza similar to this form of song
What are hymns?
A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose
What is a stanza?
Repetition of identical consonant sounds, usually found at the beginning of words
What is a alliteration?
This literary giant loved Whitman's work so much, he wrote a letter praising it
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Walt Whitman's most popular work
What is Leaves of Grass?
Some of Dickinson's early poems were sent to people on these two occasions
What are birthdays and Valentine's Day?
Rhyme scheme where accented syllables and all following syllables of two or more following words share identical sounds.
What is exact rhyme?
Words that imitate or suggest the activity being described
What is Onomatopoeia?
What is slavery?
What is the American Frontier?
The amount of time Emily Dickinson attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (college)
What is one year?
A close, but not exact, rhyming sound
What is slant rhyme?
When the speaker addresses a person who is not present, an animal, or inanimate object
What is apostrophe?
"If you were coming in the Fall" is a poem by whom?
Emily Dickinson