Who Were They?
This group of 19th-century New England poets was named after a common household feature.
Who are the Fireside Poets?
Thanatopsis, a poem about death and nature, was written by this Fireside Poet.
Who is William Cullen Bryant?
The Fireside Poets often wrote about nature, American history, and this moral value.
What is morality?
The Fireside Poets often used this type of poetic structure, which includes regular rhythm and rhyme.
What is formal verse?
The Fireside Poets were based primarily in this U.S. region.
What is New England?
This Fireside Poet wrote Paul Revere’s Ride.
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
This poem by Longfellow tells the legendary midnight ride of a Revolutionary War hero.
What is Paul Revere’s Ride?
The Fireside Poets were the first American poets to be widely included in these institutions.
What are schools?
Unlike Edgar Allan Poe, the Fireside Poets preferred to write about themes that were this.
What is uplifting or moral?
This poet and essayist, known for Nature and Self-Reliance, was a contemporary of the Fireside Poets but did not belong to their group.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
The Fireside Poets were part of this literary movement that emphasized emotion, nature, and individualism.
What is Romanticism?
The Chambered Nautilus, a poem about personal growth, was written by this Fireside Poet.
Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes ?
This major social movement influenced the poetry of Whittier.
What is abolitionism?
Longfellow was heavily influenced by this European literary tradition.
What is Romanticism?
This historical event was a frequent subject in Fireside Poetry.
What is the American Revolution?
This Fireside Poet was also a doctor and wrote Old Ironsides.
Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.?
This epic poem by Longfellow tells the story of a Native American hero.
What is The Song of Hiawatha?
he Fireside Poets contributed to this feeling of national pride in their poetry.
What is nationalism?
The Fireside Poets were among the first American poets to gain recognition in this continent.
What is Europe?
The Fireside Poets helped shape the idea of poetry as something accessible to this group of people.
Who are the general public?
This Fireside Poet was an outspoken abolitionist and wrote Snow-Bound.
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
This Fireside Poet wrote A Fable for Critics, a satirical poem about 19th-century American writers.
Who is James Russell Lowell?
Later poets like Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson moved away from the Fireside Poets’ traditional use of this.
What is structured rhyme and meter?
This is one major criticism of the Fireside Poets’ work from modern literary scholars.
What is being overly sentimental?
Longfellow was the first American poet honored with a bust in this famous location.
What is Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner?