“I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”
-William Wordsworth-used his sister’s(Dorothy) journal writings about daffodils for the poem-Rhyme Scheme- regular pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem-Simile- comparison of ideas using like or as
Host
great number
Glee
joy
Pensive
thinking deeply
Bliss
great joy or happiness
O’er vales
over valleys
Jocund
cheerful
William Wordsworth
-1770-1850-Born in England’s rural Lake District-supporter of French Revolution’s idea of freedom, equality, and brotherhood-1798: published Lyrical Ballads(simple, modern poetry) with Samuel Coleridge
“Dreams Deferred”
-Langston Hughes-Harlem: center for NYC’s black population-Harlem Renaissance: writers and authors literary and cultural movement-wrote poem in 1951 when Harlem was in extreme poverty
Deferred
put off until a future time
Fester
form pus
“Dreams”
-Langston Hughes-Figurative Language-Metaphors-Personification-Connotation
Barren
empty
Langston Hughes
-1902-1967-Born in Joplin, Missouri-first African American to have a literary career
“The Eagle”
-Alfred,Lord Tennyson-Personification
azure
blue
crag
steep, rugged rock that juts out from rock mass
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
-1809-1892-one of most popular British poets during his time
“Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
-Emily Dickinson-Metaphors
sore
fierce, cruel
abash
embarass
gale
strong wind
Emily Dickinson
-1830-1886-Lived in Amherst, Massachusetts-wrote at least 1,775 poems-wrote about nature, love, death, and religion
“Blackberry Eating”
-Galway Kinnell
unbidden
without being asked; uninvited
Galway Kinnell
-born 1927-wrote about death, selfhood, and nature-active in Civil Rights movement
“Memory”
-Margaret Walker-Imagery
sinister
threatening harm; ominous
felts
felt hats
Margaret Walker
-1915-1998-one of legends of African American literature-best known for Jubilee
“Eulogy for a Hermit Crab”
-Pattiann Rogers
Meticulously
very carefully;scrupulously
Pattiann Rogers
-born 1940
“Rocking”
-Gabriela Mistral
divine
holy; sacred
Gabriela Mistral
-1889-1957-born in Chile-1945 recipient of Nobel Prize for literature
“Woman’s Work”
-Julia Alvarez
Primed
prepared
lattices
narrow strips of pastry
Julia Alvarez
-born 1950
“The Raven”
-Edgar Allen Poe-narrative poem-tells a story
quaint
strange; unusual
surcease
end
token
sign
lattice
framework of wood or metal
flirt
quick, uneven movement
obeisance
bow or other sign of respect
mien
manner
fancy
imagination
countenance
facial appearance
craven
coward
plutonian
underworld
quoth
said
sublunary
earthly
beguiling
trickling; charming
respite
rest; relief
desolate
deserted
adjure
appeal to
divining
guessing
censer
container for burning incense
quaff
drink
tempter
devil
pallid
pale
Edgar Allen Poe
-1809-1849-married Virginia Clemm in 1835
“The Seven Ages of Men”
-William Shakespeare-dramatic poem-from William Shakespeare’s play-As You Like It
woeful
full of sorrow
players
actors
ages
periods of life
mewling
whimpering; crying weakly
pard
leopard or panther
justice
judge
treble
high-pitched voice
pantaloon
foolish old man
William Shakespeare
-1564-1616-37 plays-154 sonnets
“Three Haiku”
-Basho and Chiyojo-Haiku-three lines, syllables of each line are 5/7/5
“Hokku Poems”
Richard Wright
“Grasshopper and the Cricket”
-John Keats-Sonnet-iambic pentameter
ceasing
stopping
wrought
formed
drowsiness
sleepiness
mead
meadow
John Keats
-1795-1821
“Sonnet 30”
William Shakespeare
woes
sorrows
dateless
endless
expense
loss
foregone
past and done with
