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The Fireside Poets

The Fireside Poets. Food for thought…. DO NOW Reflect on the following quote: “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” –William Wordsworth. Who were they?.

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The Fireside Poets

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  1. The Fireside Poets

  2. Food for thought… DO NOW Reflect on the following quote: “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” –William Wordsworth

  3. Who were they? • The big ones: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes • First American poets whose popularity rivaled British Romantic poets (i.e. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats etc.) • Known for adherence to poetic conventions like standard meter and rhyme scheme; this made their body of work particularly suitable for memorization and recitation in school/ home • Popular subjects: the domestic life, mythology, and politics of America • Accessible and relatable – poetry for the everyday American family

  4. lyric poetry  Poets express their thoughts and feelings in a brief but musical way  Usually a defined meter and rhyme scheme  Closely related to song, often accompanied by it

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