1. American Poetry Daniela Březinová, C4A

2. Contents What is poetry Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman

3. 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

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

5. Edgar Allan Poe American romantic poet 1809 -1849 Fantastic and mystic stories Founder detective genre Pit hole and Pendulum (prose) Raven (poetry)

7. 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

9. Walt Whitman 1819-1892 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

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

12. Thank you for you attention!

13. Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Gr asshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Gr ass https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_ Poehttps://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_ Poe https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman http://www.spisovatele.cz/edgar-allan-poe http://www.spisovatele.cz/walt-whitman