American Poetry Daniela Březinová, C4A. Contents What is poetry Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman.

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