8) Birth of American Poetry I- Whitman Flashcards
What did Lydia Huntley Sigourney write?
Educative books for young ladies
Who was Jane Johnston Schoolcraft?
The first known Native American author, her and her husband collected Native folklore
William Cullen Bryant
Thanatopsis, The Praries
What influenced William Cullen Bryant?
Classicism, english romanticism
What is Thanatopsis about?
Death as becoming one with nature, blankverse
Who is considered the national poet?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems; Song of Hiawatha
Who was the translator of Dante?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Were was Walt Whitman born and where did he grow up?
Long Island, Brooklyn
Why did Walt Whitman die?
Bronchial pneumonia
Leaves of Grass is reaction to ________________________ and is controversial because of _______________
Emerson’s essay The Poet, its sexual content
Leaves of Grass is written in___________
free verse with no regular rhyme scheme and irregular, usually long lines
Thanatopsis, The Praries
William Cullen Bryant
Ballads and Other Poems; Song of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
