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First person:(includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character, who's telling his/her story)
Second person:(turns the reader into the character)
First Person-the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself or to a group including himself or herself.

I sat in the dark
nursing my broken heart.
Point of View-narrative mode, or perspective of the narrator voice.
First person:(includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character, who's telling his/her story)
Second person:(turns the reader into the character)

"I Hear America Singing" Analysis
T-The title is about American War.
P-Appreciate the qualities of Americans.
C-Figurative Language, because he's not really explaining America's singing, he is axplaining Americans hard work.
A-Appreciate Americans that work hard.
S-The last lines, 1-11 he is talking about American people working hard and the last is about how he brings them together.
T-Celebrating Americans hard work.
T-No matter what job Americans have they will work hard.
"Beat! Beat! Drums" Analysis
T-The author is talking about drum beating.
P-The drums need to keep beating because the war is going on and people are affected by it. The drums are representing war.
C-Imagery, the author is saying the drums are like soilders marching through the town and gives great details.
A-Strong, the author wants war to stop but war is unstoppable.
S-The last stanza, the speaker gives details about the people getting ready to leave for the war.
T-The drums are a symbol of war.
T-The war has played a huge part in all our lives and will keep going until it's time to stop.
"A Noiseless Spider" Analysis
T-The author is acting as a quiet, patient spider.
P-The author is on a cliff and he sees a spider that reminds him of his soul because the spider was in search of a safe spot to stay.
C-Metaphor, he compares the spider to his soul.
A-Patient because the speaker is waiting for something to catch on to his soul.
S-The 2nd stanza sentence 1-5, he talks about waht the spider is doing then the last stanza he talks about his soul.
T-The author acts as the patient spider.
T-Your soul can be compared to something as a spider.

It helps me pass my days (a)
Slant Rhymes-rhyme in which either the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical.
I sat int hein the dark
nursing my broken heart.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Analysis-Farquhar was set up by a soilder who was pretending to be a Southern soilder but was actually in disguise of a Northern soilder. He reported back to the captain and Farquhar was to be hanged. Though his attempt to escape was not successful it only led to his death. He only daydreamed about living to see freedom and return home to his wife.
Analysis-I was only doing what i was told by my captain to protect my side which is the North. I knew what the consequence would be for any civillian caught interfering with the North's efforts in the area would be but war is war. When Farqhuar asked "how a civillian could attempt some form of sabotage.", that was like a sign I should go and warn my captain that there was a civillian trying to harm and interfer our plans. It was deceitful of me to have done what I did but in the end it's about who protects their side and which side gets ahead to win.

The US Divided-The US divided because President Lincoln was elected president so the south felt betrayed and South Carolina seceded from The Union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Lousiana and Texas.
John Brown-He was a man of action and an abolitionist. Led 21 men to raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry thinking it would cause the slaves to rebel and fight back, his plan didn't work. Within 36 hours of attack most of his men and himself were captured and killed.
Dred Scott-Dred Scott, a slave lived in a free state of Illinois and Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri. Scott appealed to the Supreme Court hoping to be granted his freedom. Unfortunately, the court overruled his plea and said Scott was property and not a citizen.
Battle of Bull Run-Also known as The First Battle of Manassas, was founded in Virginia, miles from Washington DC. The Union attacked a great amount of confederate troops.
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General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant-Lee surrendered all 28,000 of his troops to Grant; by doing this it ended the Civil War.

The US Divided-The US divided because President Lincoln was elected president so the south felt betrayed and South Carolina seceded from The Union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Lousiana and Texas.
John Brown-He was a man of action and an abolitionist. Led 21 men to raid the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry thinking it would cause the slaves to rebel and fight back, his plan didn't work. Within 36 hours of attack most of his men and himself were captured and killed.
Bleeding Kansas-(1854-1858) was a time wgen Kansas civillian were fighting to determine if the Kansas territory would be free or slaved.
William Cullen Bryant-Bryant was a lawyer by training, after 10 years he was tired of his profession and moved to New York City. He signed on as a editorial assistant with the New York Evening Post, eventually becoming part owner and editor in chief. Bryant used the Post to express what he believed in among free trade, free speech and the abolition of slavery. He was a leader of the anti-slavery Free Soil Movement within the Democratic Party he was one of the founders of the Republican Party. Also, an early political backer of Abraham Lincoln and a supporter of the Union during the Civil War.
Dred Scott-Dred Scott, a slave lived in a free state of Illinois and Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri. Scott appealed to the Supreme Court hoping to be granted his freedom. Unfortunately, the court overruled his plea and said Scott was property and not a citizen.
Battle of Bull Run-Also known as The First Battle of Manassas, was founded in Virginia, miles from Washington DC. The Union attacked a great amount of confederate troops.
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General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant-Lee surrendered all 28,000 of his troops to Grant; by doing this it ended the Civil War.

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HW Txtbook pgs.512-527

Free verse-verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
"I loaf and invite my soul,
I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass."
Slave Narratives-personal accounts of what it was like to live in bondage.
"Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is-'tis he who has endured."
Quatrains-a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
There are many ways (a)
To have a good time (b)
I like to make up a rhyme (b)
It helps me pass my days (a)
Slant Rhymes-rhyme in which either the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical.
I sat int he dark
nursing my broken heart.