Transcendental Optimists

In "O Captain! My Captain!" the captain and ship symbolize Emerson and the transcendental movement

This author was jailed briefly for his refusal to pay poll tax

Obvious overstatement or exaggeration intended to make a point

Assonance is the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in nearby words.

In "Self-Reliance" Emerson praises youth as the model of self-reliance.

What central metaphor does Emerson use in this excerpt from Nature to illustrate man's relationship with nature?

According to Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience," the best government "governs most"

What was the official publication of the transcendentalists?

Hints that events will occur later in the story

This author defined poetry as "meter-making argument"; as a thinker, he is a pivotal figure in American literature

In Section 6 of "Song of Myself" death is viewed as

The emotional atmosphere of a work

The situation in which the reader is aware of a plot development whereas a character in the story is not

Thoreau lived with Emerson and his family during two different periods of time

This author was brought "to a boil" by Emerson and was praised as the "good gray poet" toward the end of his life

Whitman actually proclaimed himself the National Poet of the United States.

Whitman uses the cataloging technique in "I Hear America Singing."

Each of the following is a legitimate way of reading Walden EXCEPT as

A form of poetry that uses lines irregular in length without fixed metrical patterns and usually without rhyme

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words or stressed syllables

Lists of names of persons, places, or things

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?

Who was the philosophical leader of Transcendentalism?