Research Paper Note Cards

Source Card#10 SlideShare.com "The Fireside Poets. Americas First Literary Stars" Type: Summary Location: http://www.slideshare.net/spillwd/fireside-poetry

Describes the major impact the Fireside Poets had on poetry and society today. Depicts them as "Americas First Literary Stars" meaning they were the very first people to have a large impact on poetry and literature. It goes into detail on how they did this.

Source Card#8 Poemhunter.com "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" Type: Summary Location: http://www.poemhunter.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/

Goes into detail about a specific member of the Fireside Poets who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Goes into detail about his life and his contributions to the movement

Source Card#4 Poets.org "A Brief Guide to the Fireside Poets" Type: Summary Location: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5654

Goes into detail about the Fireside Poets as a whole. Does not really focus on one single group member rather it focuses on the major things the group did as a whole

Source Card#9 GGCAENGLISH.Weebly.com "The Fireside Poets" Type: Summary Locaiton: http://ggcaenglish.weebly.com/the-fireside-poets.html

Goes into detail about the group as a whole not really singling out any group member other than mentioning their names. Focuses on the movement as a whole

Source Card#7 eslbee.com "Writing Compare and Contrast" Type: Summary Location: https://eslbee.com/writing_comparison_contrast_essays.htm

Goes into detail on how to write a good compare and contrast essay and even gives examples using the Fireside Poets (however not comparing them with Poe)

Source Card#6 http://www.readwritethink.org/ "Compare and Contrast" Type: Summary Location: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/

Goes into detail on how to write a good compare and contrast essay when it comes to poetry

Source Card#5 Wikipedia.org "Fireside Poets" Type: Summary Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireside_Poets

Organized chronologically and gives information about the whole life of the Fireside Poets. Goes into detail of every little thing that they did and how it was important to the movement

Source Card #2 Wikipedia.org "Edgar Allen Poe" Type: Summary Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Organized in chronological order. Tells the whole story of Poe's life including social, political, etc.

Source Card#3 JSOTR.org "Edgar Allen Poe: The Romantic as Classicist" Type: Summary Location:http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/30221867?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Edgar&searchText=Allan&searchText=Poe&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DEdgar%2BAllan%2BPoe%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff

Organized into sections showing different views of how Poe was seen as a "Romantic Classicist" goes into detail of a few of his poems and gives examples to back up the claims of the views

Source Card #1 Poetry.org "Edgar Allen Poe" Type: Summary Location: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/130

The website gives a brief synopsis of Edgar Allen Poe's life and goes into detail of how he went about writing his poems and what his thought process was. Mentions life events specifically