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gina-muscatello on August 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| rhyme | the repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words |
| connotation | refers to the implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition |
| denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| Robert Frost | American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times |
| Emily Dickinson | 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens, the master poems, morbidity, gospel poems, irregular capitalization, use of dashes & enjambment, took liberty with meter |
| enjambment | describes a line of poetry in which the sense and grammatical construction continues on to the next line |
| Alfred , Lord Tennyson | Father of Victorian Poetry. Poet Laureate. Able to invoke words and feelings. Wrote classical poetry |
| Adrienne Rich | Feminist and political poet and shares a background with confessional poets |
| John Donne | Father of metaphysical poetry |
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