“Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood.”

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“Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood.” Yes No “Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood.” “My Tippet – only Tulle” “Because I could not stop for death.” “Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee…” “The foe long since in silence slept”

What is it? Iambic tetrameter

THEMES Suggests that snow is a healer… “The First Snowfall” - Lowell We should honor our fallen war heroes even though the time of war has passed “Concord Hymn” -Emerson “The Snowstorm” -Emerson Suggests that snow is an architectural artist…

THEMES Depicts death as an ordinary, everyday occurrence “I Heard a Fly Buzz…” -Dickinson Compares human consciousness to vast domains of nature and God “The Brain – is Wider than the Sky –” -Dickinson

THEMES Compares nature’s never ending cycle to human mortality “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” -Longfellow A poem written to save an old warship. “Old Ironsides” -Holmes

THEMES A spider’s physical exploration is compared to a human’s spiritual exploration “A Noiseless Patient Spider” -Whitman “I Hear America Singing” -Whitman A celebration of America and its workers.

THEMES Live life to the fullest; leave a footprint on the world. “A Psalm of Life” -Longfellow “Thanatopsis” -Bryant Death is really just a return to nature.

Yes NO “a tapering turret overtops the work” “built in an age…” “I could not stop for death…” “furnished with tile, the fierce artificer” “Where the little headstone stood…”

What is it? consonance

Rhyme Scheme On this green bank, by this soft stream, We place with joy a votive stone, That memory may their deeds redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. a b

Figurative language and sound devices Vowel rhyme assonance Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable iamb The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter alliteration

Figurative language and sound devices The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession consonance A direct address to a person or object apostrophe An extravagant statement not intended to be taken literally hyperbole

Yes No “The eagle of the sea…” “And waves were white below…” “The meteor of the ocean air…” “And the sudden flurry of snowbirds/Like brown leaves whirling by…” “Was ridged inch deep with pearl…”

What is it? Metaphor

Name the poet! Suffered scarring in a house fire. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Known as the father of free verse Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson A recluse

Name the poet! Suffered the loss of several of his children. James Russell Lowell Died of pneumonia; was a minister; known for his optimism and individuality Ralph Waldo Emerson Was known as the father of American poetry William Cullen Bryant