1. The Fireside Poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2. Longfellow  Open your literature books to page 272.  Answer the following:  What was the main type of literary style that he wrote in?  What were the characteristics of his writings?  Open your literature books to page 272.  Answer the following:  What was the main type of literary style that he wrote in?  What were the characteristics of his writings?

3. Longfellow  What was groundbreaking about the work of Longfellow?  What did Longfellow publish that caused a rise in the popularity of poetry throughout the United States?  What was groundbreaking about the work of Longfellow?  What did Longfellow publish that caused a rise in the popularity of poetry throughout the United States?

4. Longfellow  Was Longfellow educated?  What facts do we receive from his biography that show us he was an intelligent man?  Where did he find inspiration for his work?  Was Longfellow educated?  What facts do we receive from his biography that show us he was an intelligent man?  Where did he find inspiration for his work?

5. Longfellow  What did Longfellow experiment with in his writings?  What are some criticisms of Longfellow’s work?  Ironically, what was it that actually made him popular amongst audiences?  What did Longfellow experiment with in his writings?  What are some criticisms of Longfellow’s work?  Ironically, what was it that actually made him popular amongst audiences?

6. Longfellow  Based on the last sentence of his biography on page 272, would you say that Longfellow was adored as a great figure in American Literary History?  According to the biography, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”  Based on the last sentence of his biography on page 272, would you say that Longfellow was adored as a great figure in American Literary History?  According to the biography, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

7. The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls  Meter: A systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. It is made up of feet. A foot contains stressed & unstressed syllables.  Mood: the atmosphere and feeling created by the writer.  End Rhyme: A poetic device in which the ends of every line rhyme within the rhyme scheme.  Rhyme Scheme: A repeated rhyming pattern within a poetic piece.  Meter: A systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. It is made up of feet. A foot contains stressed & unstressed syllables.  Mood: the atmosphere and feeling created by the writer.  End Rhyme: A poetic device in which the ends of every line rhyme within the rhyme scheme.  Rhyme Scheme: A repeated rhyming pattern within a poetic piece.

8. The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls  Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter or sound in connected or closely connected words.  Sibilance: The repetition of “S” sounds that provides a hissing effect.  Personification: The attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects.  Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language.  Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter or sound in connected or closely connected words.  Sibilance: The repetition of “S” sounds that provides a hissing effect.  Personification: The attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects.  Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language.