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American Poetry Daniela Březinová, C4A

Contents What is poetry Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman

What is poetry? A form of literature Uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities Evoke emotional responses Is written in verses Language resources: assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhythm, ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements

Antiquity – all literature 19th century – similar 20th century – dominance Prose Poems : Epic, Lyric, Lyric-epic

Edgar Allan Poe American romantic poet Fantastic and mystic stories Founder detective genre Pit hole and Pendulum (prose) Raven (poetry)

Raven Men (loner) → worry (fever and memories) – raven in his room → question never again → men shocked – panic turn into horror Poem Romanticism Lyric-epic poem

Walt Whitman American writer, poet and journalist Founder modern american poetry Prefer civilism Leaves of Grass 400 poems (Leaves of Grass) celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity

Questions What is poetry? Who was Edgar Allan Poe? Who was Walt Whitman ?

Thank you for you attention!

Resources asshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Gr ass Poehttps://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_ Poe

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