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English- Poetry

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Emily Dickinson
isolated, used capitalization and dashes, published 7 (anonymously) during her life, wrote 1775, used exact and slant/approximate line
I Hear America Singing
by Whitman, celebrates America's unyielding, indomitable spirit, looks at individuals as what they offer to the whole
Simile
comparison using like or as
Onomatopoeia
a word that represents a sound (ex: buzz)
SOAPS
subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker
poem that mourns the loss of something (ex: O Captain! My Captain!)
Elegy
death, solitude, consciousness, the soul, life, nature, and God
Topics of Emily Dickinson
TP-CASTT
title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, title, theme
vowels are similar but not identical
Slant/Approximate Rhyme
Exact/Perfect Rhyme
consonants change, vowels don't
Free Verse
poetry with irregular meter or line length, recreates the cadences of natural speech
Metaphor
comparison not using like or as
A Noiseless Patient Spider
by Whitman, compares a spider to the soul
The Good Gray Poet, The Bard of Democracy, abolitionist, used free verse
Walt Whitman

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