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Intro to Emerson
1. Harmon
ELA 11
Objective: You will learn poetic literary devices through Emerson
Activator: Author Spotlight EMERSON
TITLE: Intro to Poetry Date: Nov 8, 2015
Activities
Introduce & define the dual
dialectial journal (quote/analysis
relationship)
Mini-Lesson: Introduce Emerson,
define transcendentalism, literary
terms personification, imagery,
alliteration, apostrophe, rhyme
scheme
STANDARD: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings
2. BACKROUND
KNOWLEDGE
Author Spotlight
English
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EMERSON
MEET THE AUTHOR
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an
American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the
Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. Emerson-
essayist, poet, and lecturer-was born in Boston in 1803. A
founding figure of transcendentalism, Emerson believed that we
need to trust ourselves and to live in harmony with nature. His
influence on the major figures in American literature, such as
Thoreau, Whitman, and Hawthorne, cannot be overstated. At
Emerson's funeral in 1882, Whitman called him "a just man,
poised on himself, all-loving, all-inclosing, and sane and clear as
the sun."
ACTIVE LISTENING
3. In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,
I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods,
Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,
To please the desert and the sluggish brook.
The purple petals fallen in the pool
Made the black water with their beauty gay;
Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool,
And court the flower that cheapens his array.
Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is its own excuse for Being;
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask; I never knew;
But in my simple ignorance suppose
The self-same power that brought me there,
brought you.
Read for:
Personification
Imagery
Search & Find
Rhyme
Apostrophe
Alliteration
English
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