The Fireside Poets

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?”

The Tide Rises, The Tide FallsThe 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.

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.