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- 67. “The Chambered Nautilus”Oliver Wendell Holmes
- 69. The fourth of five children
- 70. His father was an orthodox Calvanist minister.
- 71. He was brought up a strict Calvanist, but later rejected much of what he was taught.
- 73. Oliver often had his poems published in Harvard's Collegian
- 75. He was encouraged to write poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- 76. In 1838, he became the chair of Anatomy and Physiology at Dartmouth College. He later worked a similar position at Harvard. Holmes excelled at keeping the students’ attention during his lectures.
- 77. Holmes married Amelia Lee Jackson in 1840. They had three children.
- 79. Many poems present his view of human nature and its improvement.
- 80. Often wrote against Calvanism
- 81. Touches on many psychological issues. Poetry Writing Style
- 82. Metaphor - a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance Ex. A mighty fortress is our God Extended Metaphor – a metaphor extended over several sentences, lines, paragraphs, or even pages Terms to Know
- 83. Apostrophe - a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea Ex. O Death, where art thou? Alliteration - repetition of the leading consonant sound in each word throughout a sentence or a phrase Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Terms to Know
- 84. Allusion - the repetition of the leading consonant sound in each word throughout a sentence or a phrase Tone - a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; the implications of the diction used Terms to Know
- 85. Verbal Irony - a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant Symbolism - the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character Terms to Know