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1 19th Century Entertainment
Fireside Poets 19th Century Entertainment

2 Romantic Poetry Commonly lyrical
Commonly dealt with learning life lessons by observing nature and then applying those lessons to humanity Radical at the time of inception—1790’s—in England

3 Fireside Poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Greenleaf Whittier James Russell Lowell

4 Common Ideas and Themes
Folklore and folk tales Sudden, unexpected and constant death Patriotism/Nationalism American language “Supernatural” or “spooky” elements

5 William Cullen Bryant Bryant explored nature and the nature of death in “Thanatopsis, which is his best-known poem Bryant, a romantic poet, also carefully observed nature and used it in his poetry.

6 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Used episodes in American history as basis for quasi-epic poetry, such as The Wreck of the Hesperus, Evangeline, and The Courtship of Miles Standish Also wrote lyrical romantic poetry

7 The Song of Hiawatha The Song of Hiawatha (1855) Should you ask me, whence these stories? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest With the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With the rushing of great rivers, With their frequent repetitions, And their wild reverberations As of thunder in the mountains?

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