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memoria press poetry & short stories: american literature

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Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle
Respected impressive,
High pitched and piercing,
Overly obedient and servile
25  cards
Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A being creature or thing origina...,
Lacking energy or enthusiasm,
A country youth
25  cards
Edgar Allan Poe
Propriety and good taste in condu...,
The recurrence of a rhythmic patt...,
Accustomed used to
35  cards
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A 70 gun british royal navy ship ...,
A temporary encampment in an unsh...,
Gloomy dark shadowy
27  cards
Holmes, Lanier, & Lowell
It begins in the blue ridge mount...,
When a part of something is used ...,
A succession of similar sounds
30  cards
Hovey, Thayer, & Whittier
Supporters champions of a cause o...,
Arrogant conceited,
A song usually short that tells a...
25  cards
Emily Dickinson
Marsh or swamp,
Dull bleak and lifeless depressing,
A figure of speech in which incon...
23  cards
Carl Sandburg
Malicious and unjust,
Similarity of structure in a pair...,
To smile or speak in a scornful o...
18  cards
O. Henry - The Gift of the Magi
Long locks of a womans hair,
Careful examination,
Relating to
22  cards
O. Henry - The Ransom of Red Chief
Self interest selfishness,
To seal off a wound or incision b...,
Without restraint without control
27  cards
Amy Lowell & Robert Frost
A moment of insight discovery or ...,
Split and went in different direc...,
The mainland of the american cont...
23  cards

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