AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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a wide range of emotion from joy to sorrow
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His style of writing
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the joyous moment
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a feeling of excitement
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is anaphora? This literary device, which appears in biblical verses as well as the works of Walt Whitman, can be used to build up tension or energy in rhetoric, poetry and prose.
Detailed explanation-2: -The entire poem is an extended metaphor, or figurative language that implies comparison between seemingly unlike things, for the United States after the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Detailed explanation-3: -The verse collection Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s best-known work. He revised and added to the collection throughout his life, producing ultimately nine editions. The poems were written in a new form of free verse and contained controversial subject matter for which they were censured.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. Promotes use of free-verse-no style restrictions exist in his work; lack of rhyme and lack of strict meter; prefers to show the natural cadence and pacing of language. 2. His poems display extended lines which do not follow the standard for line length.