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Romantics Imagination over reason and logic
Explore exotic settings, the past and the present, by contemplating the natural world. Focus on the individual Glorify the past Reflect on nature
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Fireside Poets Poems read aloud at the fireside as family entertainment. Longfellow, Bryant, Holmes, Whittier
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Thanatopsis Written by William Cullen Bryant
Bryant is known as the “Father of American Poetry” One of Bryant’s most famous poems Thanatos: Greek meaning for death Opsis: Greek word that means seeing Elegy: poem expressing sorrow about death
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Transcendentalism God, nature and humanity are all united in a shared universal soul. Believed they could become part or parcel of god Opposed conventional religion Henry David Thoreau “Walden” Ralph Waldo Emerson Founded the Transcendentalism movement “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”
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Examples of Transcendental Thought
Non-Conformity Self-Reliance Free-Thought Confidence Importance of Nature
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Terms to Know Meter Iamb (p. 266) Blank Verse Free Verse Lyric Poem
Rhyme Scheme Stanza Slant Rhyme
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