Select all that applyWhich would be appropriate general information sources to find background information on major American poets of the nineteenth century? Select all that apply.Multiple select question.“Song of Myself,” one of nineteenth-century American poet Walt Whitman’s most iconic poemsThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, which compiles author biographies, important texts, and developments in the history of American literatureThe Norton Anthology of American Literature, which collects the best works by the most important authors in American literatureThe Lonely House: A Biography of Emily Dickinson by author Paul Brody

Which comparison-contrast statement is most effective?A.While a majority of Emily Dickinson's works were published after her death, Whitman's most famous work, Leaves of Grass, was published during his lifetime.B.Though they lived during the same time period, Dickinson wrote compact poems about ordinary events, while Whitman wrote longer poems about public life and well-known events.C.Though Dickinson wrote mostly from her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Whitman wrote from his home in New Jersey, both wrote during the 1800s.D.Both were important 19th-century poets, but Dickinson was famous for her reclusive lifestyle, while Whitman enjoyed being a part of public life and conversing with many people.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Emily Dickinson18.   19th century American poet Emily Dickinson had a unique style.         Her style defied convention and was considered extremely radical for her time.         In poetry circles, she is known for all of the following characteristics of style EXCEPT:Group of answer choicesthe use of dashes and dotscapitalizing words in various parts of a line for Emphasis.the use of vivid imagery.her ability to describe abstract concepts like faith, love, or hope with concrete images.some sexually provocative and pornographic poetry that was considered radical and shocking because it was written by a woman.she experimented with non-traditional vocabulary.

The Life of Emily DickinsonSasha Peterson1American poet Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her family was well known throughout the small community. Along with her parents, her older brother William, and her younger sister Lavinia, Emily lived in a large house called The Homestead. Emily attended classes at the Amherst Academy as a child. She studied English, classical literature, Latin, history, and math. The young girl also took a class in botany, the study of plants.2Emily studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for a short time as a teenager. For reasons that remain unclear, the young woman returned home shortly after classes began. Some scholars suspect that Emily was ill, while others believe that she was just homesick. She continued her education at home by reading the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Shakespeare. Emily preferred reading to almost any other activity. She even named her dog after a character in one of Charlotte Brontë’s novels.3When Emily was eighteen, family friend Benjamin Franklin Newton recognized her budding talent as a poet. He encouraged her to continue writing, and he introduced her to the works of William Wordsworth and Ralph Waldo Emerson. These authors became two of Emily’s most important influences.4Emily’s botany studies helped her become a skilled gardener. The Homestead’s gardens were known throughout the community for their beauty. Many of Emily’s poems speak of her love of nature and gardens. Her poetry also reflects her religious upbringing. Her work often examined the nature of life and imagined what might happen after death.5Of the almost 1,800 poems that Emily wrote, less than a dozen were published during her lifetime. Her published poems were changed quite a bit to fit the poetic rules of the age. Emily’s work puzzled magazine editors. Her poems were usually short, with no title. Emily often capitalized words in the middle of a line and she put periods in unusual places. Her use of slant rhyme was also an issue. In a slant rhyme, the vowel or consonant sounds don’t always match. The editors of the time were more familiar with perfect rhymes, in which the sounds matched up. All of this made it difficult for people to accept Emily’s work.6As Emily got older, she became less sociable. Though she continued to correspond with her friends through letters, she rarely left her family’s home. Many of her neighbors found this behavior to be very strange. The one thing that didn’t change was Emily’s love of words. She continued to write poetry until her death on May 15, 1886. Before passing away, Emily asked her sister to burn her poems and letters. Lavinia could not allow her sister’s work to be destroyed, so she worked with family friends to put Emily’s poems into a collection. Emily’s first volume of poetry was published in 1890, four years after her death. Though Emily never knew success in her lifetime, she is now admired as one of the best American poets in history.QuestionWhich organizational pattern does the author use in this passage?ResponsesA compare and contrastcompare and contrastB chronological orderchronological orderC cause and effectcause and effectD logical order

Select all the nineteenth-century poets who inspired the art songs of romantic composers.Multiple select question.Kaiser Wilhelm IIHeinrich HeineHermann HesseJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

What did Victorian authors write about during the 19th century?Middle-class values and convictionsThe importance of love and friendshipUpper-class wealth and supremacyThe belief in adventure and freedom