American Romanticism 🎈
Her bold original verse stands out for its haunting personal voice and unusual use of punctuation.
Emily Dickinson
This is another name for God among Transcendentalists.
Universal Being, also Over-Soul
T or F: Irony refers to a striking statement that sounds impossible, and yet is possible when understood another way.
False, paradox refers to a striking statement that sounds impossible, and yet is possible when understood another way.
This man is often seen as the father of Transcendentalist thought.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendentalists emphasized the importance of ___ things over material ones.
spiritual
Some believe this poem features an unreliable narrator due to the hour and circumstances of the narration.
"The Raven"
"There is a solitude of space" is an example of this repetition of initial letter sounds.
alliteration
T or F: Edgar Allan Poe achieved great fame while alive.
True
When Whitman uses apostrophe, whom is he addressing with his poem?
You!
Transcendentalism featured a mistrust for ___.
society, history, government, religion, institutions and organizations
Where did Romanticism originate?
Europe
This poetic device uses final sounds that are similar but do not rhyme exactly, such as "worm" and "swarm."
slant rhyme
T or F: Emily Dickinson achieved great fame while alive.
False
He spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his poll tax.
Henry David Thoreau
What was Emerson's job before he became a famous lecturer? ⛪
minister (pastor) in the Unitarian chuch
Romanticism was an emotional reaction to the Age of ___.
Reason
This poetic form, made famous by Walt Whitman, chooses not to follow regular meter or rhyme at all.
free verse
T or F: Emerson put his ideas to the test by living alone with minimal posessions for two years.
Henry David Thoreau put his ideas to the test by living alone with minimal posessions for two years.
"Civil Disobedience" influenced the later work of this activist.
MLK Jr., also Gandhi
Fill in the blank: "Trust ___, every heart vibrates to that iron string."
"thyself" or "yourself"
This literary offshoot focuses especially on human fallibility and sin. 🧛
Dark Romanticism 🦇
Poe famously wrote on these topics, a word for "dealing with death, especially its grim and ghastly aspects."
macabre
T or F: Poe believed that good literature must teach you something.
FALSE
This writer was probably homosexual.
Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman
Name one way "Song of Myself" proves that we are all connected.
For one, it emphasizes the final resting place for all, the dirt, recycles life, which then sustains the living.
It also incorporates nature imagery that happens to be especially universal to all.