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Romantics Imagination over reason and logic Explore exotic settings, the past and the present, by contemplating the natural world. Focus on the individual Glorify the past Reflect on nature

Fireside Poets Poems read aloud at the fireside as family entertainment. Longfellow, Bryant, Holmes, Whittier

Thanatopsis Written by William Cullen Bryant Bryant is known as the “Father of American Poetry” One of Bryant’s most famous poems Thanatos: Greek meaning for death Opsis: Greek word that means seeing Elegy: poem expressing sorrow about death

Transcendentalism God, nature and humanity are all united in a shared universal soul. Believed they could become part or parcel of god Opposed conventional religion Henry David Thoreau “Walden” Ralph Waldo Emerson Founded the Transcendentalism movement “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”

Examples of Transcendental Thought Non-Conformity Self-Reliance Free-Thought Confidence Importance of Nature

Terms to Know Meter Iamb (p. 266) Blank Verse Free Verse Lyric Poem Rhyme Scheme Stanza Slant Rhyme