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What is Whitman's personality?...what kind of poet is he?
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sociable, traveler, public speaker...civil war poet
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What is Dickinson's personality?
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reclusive, private, shy
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When was Dickinson's work first published?
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posthumously, late 1800's
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What is the poetry book Whitman worked on his entire life?
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Leaves of Grass
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How did Dickinson's career begin?
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When her sister found her poetry after E.'s death and published it in installments.
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What is cadence?
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preachingly, words flowing like someone's talking
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What is free verse?
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no rhyme or meter
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What is Dickenson language like?
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extremely structured w/ meticulously chosen wording
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What is Whitmans language like?
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free verse, rambling
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What is the value of poetry?
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can act as a voice for some ppl
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When was Whitman born? Where?
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1819... Long Island, NY
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How many siblings did WW have?
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7
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When did WW leave school
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age 11
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What do WW do for a living right after leaving school?
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office clerk, printer's assistant
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Did he go to college?
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NOOOO
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How did WW supplement his income as a writer?
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construction, carpentry
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How did WW get the word out about his book?
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printed it w/ his onw $ and sent completementary copies to influential writers. (1855)
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When did WW's last ed. appear? What's it called?
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1881, deathbed ed.
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How is Leaves of Grass like an epic?
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Hero is poet on journey to be a hero of future. At end, poet has been transformed.
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Which influential writer LOVED WW's book?
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Emerson
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How did others see WW?
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as gently, tender, and an all-around good guy
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What is WW's style of writing?
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cadence, lists, rep., free verse, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia
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Politically, what is WW known as?
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a free soiler
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What is WW's goal in poems?
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to represent and celebrate ALLL of America
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When is Dickinson born? Where?
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1830, Amherts, MA
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What has ED's family life like?
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rich, political, religious family
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What was ED's edu like?
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extremely educated. til age 18
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What did ED's dad do?
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was a congressman, started Amherst College
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What happened to make ED go crazy?
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Went on trip to DC w/ father, fell in love w/ married pastor, Wadsworth,(who obv. didn't love her) and didn't take it well.
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What happened in 1861 to ED?
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Wadsworth moved to San Frnacisco, CA and she started to crack.
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Who has Thomas Wentworth Higginson? (ED)
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Editor of "The Atlantic Monthly" who didn't publish much of ED's work.
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What did ED ask of her family at death?
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to destroy her poetry
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How did she dies>
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Bright's disease (kidney swelling)
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