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Poetry Terms

Delve into the beauty of poetry with a focus on Fireside Poets like Longfellow and Dickinson's iconic works. Learn about terms like alliteration, metaphor, and imagery to enhance your literary appreciation. Uncover the lyrical essence of poems through this enlightening journey.

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms Fireside Poets and Dickinson

  2. Directions • Define each word. • Leave space for an example of each. DO NOT write the example provided with the definition. • All definitions are in the literary terms section in the back of the literature book. You may also refer to Friday’s notes for a couple of these.

  3. Alliteration Blank verse Figurative language Idyll Imagery Lyric poem Metaphor Meter Foot iamb Iambic trimeter Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Mood Personification Petrarchan sonnet Rhyme Slant rhyme Sonnet stanza Terms

  4. Poets and Poems • Emily Dickinson (426-434) • Because I could not stop for Death • I heard a Fly buzz—when I died • There’s a certain slant of light • My life closed twice before its close • The Soul selects her own Society • The Brain—is wider than the Sky • There is solitude of space • Water, is taught by thirst Fireside Poets (275-282) • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls • The Arsenal at Springfield • The Children’s Hour • The Cross of Snow • William Cullen Bryant • Thanatopsis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Old Ironsides • John Greenleaf Whittier • Snowbound

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