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Metaphysical Poetry - Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurring throughout it. A theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is developed or repeated. Theme - central idea of a work of literature, general topic or subject. Apostrophe - A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction. Often used to address deep emotion. Philip Freneau - Transitional poet. Between Enlightenment and the Romantic age. " "The Wild Honeysuckle". Published National Gazette that promoted anti-federalism. Considered "the poet of the American Revolution." picaresque - novel about lower-class character who triumphs through wit instead of hard work. Usually autobiographical and in the first person. J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur - •French-born American who wrote "Letters from an American Farmer". First successful American author. First to examine the idea of the "American Dream" and attempted to explain what an "American" was. Concepts by him that influenced America culture. • American Adam - uniqueness of new people called "Americans".•Melting Pot - America's uniqueness transcends ethnic, religious, cultural backgrounds. Huswifery - by Edward Taylor. "Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat