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Collection II

Collection II. Devin Dutcher. Definitions:. Figures of speech-language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense Metaphor- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

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Collection II

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  1. Collection II • Devin Dutcher

  2. Definitions: • Figures of speech-language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense • Metaphor- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity • Symbolism- the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning • Rhythm- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements • Rhyme-to be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable • Meter- A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables • Alliteration- use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse • Onomatopoeia- using words that imitate the sound they denote • Assonance- the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words • Consonance- the property of sounding harmonious

  3. Figures of speech: • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense • “The babe by its mother lies bathed in joy; glide its hours uncounted,-The sun is its toy”. • Ralph Waldo Emerson

  4. Metaphor: • Metaphor- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity • “A flame to melt--a wind to freeze; Sad patience--joyous energies” • Herman Melville

  5. Symbolism: • the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning • “The earth has guilt, the earth has care, Unquiet are its graves; But peaceful sleep is ever there, Beneath the dark blue waves” • Nathanial Hawthorne

  6. Rhythm: • Rhythm- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements • “Thou standest, like imperial Charlemagne,Upon thy bridge of gold; thy royal handOutstretched with benedictions o'er the land” • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  7. Rhyme: • Rhythm- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements • “By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright” • Edgar Allen Poe

  8. My generalization: • I think that Edgar Allen Poe felt poetry should not be completely truthful. He liked to make his poems dark and interesting, something that would spark emotions and interests to his readers. I think his beliefs were that the human mind should be able to explore different types of writing.

  9. Washington Irving:How we feel the effects of the monumental changes: • "Man passes away; his names perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.”

  10. Edgar Allen Poe:Inspiring our view of the world today: • “In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.”

  11. William Cullen Bryant:The way we view ourselves today: • “Chains may subdue the feeble spirit, but thee, Tell of the iron heart! They could not tame; For thou wert of the mountains; they proclaim the everlasting creed of liberty.”

  12. Works Cited: • http://books.google.com/books • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow • http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/Poe.htm • http://www.transcendentalists.com/holmes.htm • http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/bryant_william_cullen.html • http://www.pambytes.com/poe/stories/eureka1.html • http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes/

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