Key Terms
Term used to describe the devices of language that allow us to speak non-literally in order to achieve some special effect
What is figurative language
"I want my face to be shaven, and my heart-- you can't plan on the heart, but
the better part of it, my poetry, is open"
What is My Heart?
Wrote countless pieces of poetry throughout their life as well as plays and novels.
Published their first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, in 1926.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Their family found over 1,800 pieces of writing, or poems, in their house.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Wrote a 6,000 line epic poem by the time they were 12 years old.
Published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical in 1830.
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?
Word use that appeals to our 5 senses.
What is imagery?
"I did not want to be her counterpart!
I struck out... but became my mother's child:
a woman working at home on her art,
housekeeping paper as if it were her heart."
What is Woman's Work?
Works were inspired by jazz and the blues.
Wrote about their concerns regarding race in America.
Author of Southern Road.
Seen as the "forerunner" to the "art for art's sake" movement.
Famous for their work of being a poet, critic, and editor.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This authors best-known work was Goblin Market, and Other Poems, which was published in 1862.
Most of their writings shared a common theme of religion.
Who is Christina Rossetti?
Comparing two things by saying one thing IS another.
What is metaphor?
"Stuck in a barb wire snare
Ich, ich, ich, ich,
I could hardly speak."
What is Daddy?
Published over 30 poems throughout their lifetime.
First black woman to appear in the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.
Who is Anne Spencer?
First book of poems was called "Leaves of Grass," which contained 12 untitled poems.
Three major poems include: "I Sing the Body Electric," "The Sleepers," and "Song of Myself".
Who is Walt Whitman?
Published their first book of poems in 1846, A Book of Nonsense.
The majority of this poets work is based around humor and some even invite in fantasy.
Who is Edward Lear?
Comparing two things by saying it is like another thing.
What is simile?
"We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself."
What is My Papa's Waltz?
Won several awards for their poem "Ballad of the Brown Girl".
Had their MA in English from Harvard.
Who is Countee Cullen?
This poet was a certified apothecary but never practiced this profession because they preferred writing poetry.
Most of their poetry had mythical or legendary themes.
This poet began to work on developing new and different rhythmic effects.
When they became a priest in the Catholic Church, they gave up their writing and even burned all of the poems they had written up to that point.
Who is Gerard Manley Hopkins?
Something that stands for something else.
What is symbol?
"Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
What is Harlem?
Wrote about social and political issues from their perspective as a black male.
Two famous sonnets by this poet include "The Harlem Dancer" and "Innovation".
Who is Claude McKay?
This poet published 5 volumes of poetry between 1903 and 1908.
Two of this authors best-known poems are "The Highwayman," and "Drake".
Who is Alfred Noyes?
Most commonly known for his writing of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Who is Lewis Carroll?