Early American Literature Review

A short statement that expresses a general truth or true observation.

• Oversoul

• Aphorism

• Poignant

• Metaphor

Using words that imitate sounds

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Emerson's idea of an ultimate spiritual unity that encompasses all existence (God).

• Oversoul

• Aphorism

• Self-Reliance

• Poignant

Deeply affecting the feelings

• Aphorism

• Oversoul

• Poignant

• Quatrain

Quatrain

• 2 line stanza

• 6 line stanza

• 3 line stanza

• 4 line stanza

Words that do not rhyme exactly

• Personification

• Slant Rhyme

• Simile

• Aphorism

Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Giving human characteristics to something not human.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Quatrain

Directly states a comparison between two things.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Slant Rhyme

• Poignant

Hometown of Emily Dickinson

• Concord, MA

• Boston, MA

• Amherst, MA

• Baltimore, MD