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What are the poetic devices use in The road not taken

the poetic devices used are repetition and end rhymes

What is one difference in the Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson poems you read

Dickinson get to the point quickly where is Whitman takes his time apex

What does Henry David Thoreau criticize in Resistance to Civil Government

slavery

What concepts were valued immediately prior to the romantic era

Rationality and Logic

What sense did Edgar Allan Poe believe the unity of affect in a poem should arouse in the reader

A sense of beauty - APEX

What is the most plausible theme in The Raven

feelings of loss will never go away (apex)

Which one of these might appear in an evaluation of a poem

a discussion of specific uses of repetition

Which of the following is the best description of dickinsons poetry

Concise and introspective

According to Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Philosophy of Composition' why are long poems a problem when it comes to unity of impression

Apex - ( because they contain less imagery than long poems )

According to 'The Philosophy of Composition' what was the purpose of the refrain in 'The Raven'

to serve as a pivot point for the poem (apex)

Where does the bird perch itself in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Apex - ( On the bust of Pallas )

What is one of the main reasons writers like Thoreau use metaphor in their writing

to reinforce key ideas

According to The Philosophy of Composition why did Poe choose nevermore as the refrain in The Raven

Because a one word refrain is less difficult than a long refrain

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience. Which of these rhetorical devices does Thoreau use here

parallelism- APEX

According to The Philosophy of Composition what did Poe achieve when he wrote this stanza

He established the climax

Which of these is a poetic device Walt Whitman often uses to emphasize certain ideas in his poems

alliteration - apex 2.1.8

Which of these story ideas would be considered Gothic writing

A detective is sent to a strange city to investigate a crime that consumes him Apex

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