Defining Poetry; Whose definition?
A spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquility
Who is William Wordsworth?
Let us go then you and I
Who is T.S. Eliot
The poet's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language; level of language
What is diction?
I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, /On a white heal-all, holding up a moth/ Lide a white piece of rigid satin cloth
What is "Design"?
A poem should ___ rather than tell.
What is "show."
When I feel so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. When I feel physically as if the top of my head had been taken off, I know that is poetry.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
They turn their back on the land. / They look at the sea all day.
Who is Frost?
"Blinding sight" is an example of an
What is an oxymoron?
It's funny how things blow loose like that..
What is "Snapping Beans"?
Which poet is known for the sequential logic of his imagery>
Who is T.S. Eliot?
A poem should not mean but be.
Who is ARchibald MacLeish?
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Who is Dylan Thomas?
Language that appeals to the senses is called
What is imagery?
No one ever thanked him
What is "Those Winter Sundays"?
Who wrote "To His Coy Mistress"?
Who is Andrew Marvell?
Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom
Who is Robert Frost?
I have hear the mermaids singing each to each. / I do not think that they will sing to me
Who is Eliot?
This type of poetry does not use a predictable form or regular rhthym and rhyme scheme.
What is open form?
But at my back I always hear/ Time's winged chariot hurring near
What is "To His Coy Mistress"
Which poet is known for using "Objective correlatives" to evoke responses from his readers?
Who is Eliot?
Poetry has two outstanding characteristics. One is that it is undefiable. And the other is that it is eventually unmistakable.
What is E.A. Robinson?
She had/A heart -- how shall I say? -- too soon made glad
Who is Robert Browning?
Repetition of the same vowel sounds such as "tide" and "time."
What is assonance?
But Irish bars are more my tast/ Than iron ones.
What is "Marvell Noir"?
This is another term for false emotion. Greeting card poetry is more likely to use this.
What is sentimentality?