American Literature

Similar Questions

1. English

   What belief does Whitman share with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists? A) We should live our lives well to achieve everlasting happiness. B) Man learns his most important lessons and insights in the present, through

2. English

   1. Both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were influenced by the Romantics. Choose one of the two poets. Provide at least three ways that he or she reflects Romantic thinking in his or her writing. Then give an example from one of

3. writing

   A. Poe believed that good short stories require a single, unifying effect. Evaluate one of the stories in Unit 2 using Poe’s standard of unity. Do the descriptions, incidents, and images all contribute to the single effect of

4. English

   And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings, That appeared once, still wet As shining chestnuts under a tree in autumn, And, touched, coddled, began to live In spite of fires on the horizon, castles blown up,

1. English

   What belief does Whitman share with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists? Which of the following most clearly describes a central theme in the Walt Whitman poem, “I Hear America Singing?” Every man and woman

2. literature.. poetry.. plz give me corrections ASAP

   1) Walt Whitman's writing style can be best described as a. bold and confident b. folsky and charming c. elegant and refined d. elevated and sublime 2)unlike whitman, emily dickinson was a. a world traveler b. private and shy c.

3. Honors English 11

   Can someone check my answer please? Q: Read and analyze "When I heard the learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman. What romantic ideas does it express, and how does the structure of the poem reinforce the meaning? -When i heard the

4. English

   After reading each of the following quotations about poetry, choose the one that makes the most sense to you and explain what you think it means and why you chose it. “The chief use of the “meaning” of a poem in the ordinary

1. English/Poetry

   Walt Whitman -- America Centre of equal daughters, equal sons, All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand,

2. English

   After reading each of the following quotations about poetry, choose the one that makes the most sense to you. In the discussion forum, identify the quotation you chose and explain, in your own words, what you think it means and

3. poetry

   Read the following poem and answer questions that follow: Life, death,-death, life; the words have lead for ages Our thought and consciousness and firmly seemed Two opposites; but now long-hidden pages Are opened, liberating

4. Lesson 4 Poetry, Part 1

   1. Walt Whitman’s excerpt from Song of Myself can be considered an expression of A. populism. C. imagism. B. romanticism. my answer D. conventionalism. 2. Which one of the following poems has the rhyme scheme AA BB CC DD . . .?

You can view more similar questions or ask a new question.