american poetry daniela březinová, c4a. contents what is poetry edgar allan poe walt whitman
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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 elementsTRANSCRIPT
American Poetry
Daniela Březinová, C4A
Contents
• What is poetry• Edgar Allan Poe• Walt Whitman
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
• Antiquity – all literature• 19th century – similar • 20th century – dominance Prose• Poems : Epic, Lyric, Lyric-epic
Edgar Allan Poe
• American romantic poet• 1809 -1849• Fantastic and mystic stories• Founder detective genre• Pit hole and Pendulum (prose)• Raven (poetry)
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
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
Questions
• What is poetry?• Who was Edgar Allan Poe?• Who was Walt Whitman ?
Thank you for you attention!
Resources
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass
• https://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