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"Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Storytelling
The Fireside Poets
The Fireside Poets were so called because their poems were often read at the fireside for family entertainment.
They chose "comfortable" subject matter such as love, patriotism, nature, family, and religion. They wrote poems
that were more comforting than challenging to the audience. Holmes, Whittier, Longfellow, and Lowell introduced
uniquely American subject matter, themes, and abolitionist issues to the public.
Students must select and prepare a poem of at least 25 lines for oral presentation to the class. Each group member
must participate in the oral presentation. You must also create a poster to accompany your presentation. No group
may do the same poem, and all poets must be covered.
The American Romantics: The Fireside Poets
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
William Cullen Bryant,
John Greenleaf Whittier,
James Russell Lowell,
Walt Whitman,
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
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