A. Poe believed that good short stories require a single, unifying effect. Evaluate one of the stories in Unit 2 using Poe’s standard of unity. Do the descriptions, incidents, and images all contribute to the single effect of the story? Is there a single effect? Feel free to evaluate Poe’s own story.

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B. Consider what you have learned about American history during the period of 1820 to 1864. How do the stories in Unit 2 reflect what was going on in the country then?

C. Read and analyze "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman. What Romantic ideas does it express, and how does the structure of the poem reinforce the meaning?

When I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
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Answer 2

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Answer 3

That's right. You do need to answer those questions in essay form.

Answer 4

do you do the homeworks or just help out? if you do the homewok could you please write me a good 19 th century story that's maxxumum 3a4 sides?

Answer 5

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Answer 6

From what I've seen, its "Poe's "single effect" concept only applies to short stories and states that every element must contribute in some way to the emotion effect of the story."

Next time, do the work on your own.

Answer 7

My Answer: Poe's concept of a "single effect" applies to short stories, and essentially states that every element of a story should contribute to a single emotional effect of the story. This rule was important, because Poe was the founder of the short story, and this consequently became a foundational rule in the genre.

When I put that, my teacher sent me this message: "I cannot see from this response where you have evaluated one of the stories from this unit. Please revisit the prompt, and submit a revised response via webmail. On essay questions, I am looking for a minimum of a 5-7 sentence paragraph, but typically 2-3 paragraphs better address all aspects of the prompt."