Edgar Lee Masters - from "Spoon River Anthology" - Discuss

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• characterization (lines 1-15 tel you know who Lucinda Matlock is)
• setting (spoon river is portrayed as a beautiful placed, filled with nature that inspires Lucinda to love life)
• dialogue (use dialogue to engage the readers in the text)
• theme (combination of work, pleasure, sorrow, and joy)

Question 2

in her epitaph in the Spoon River Anthology, Lucinda Matlock describes the setting of the town of Spoon River as

Answer 2

having “fields where sang the larks,” “wooded hills” and “green valleys”

Question 3

carefully read lines 21-25 about Lucinda Matlock. These lines are an example of the modernist writer’s convention of using

Answer 3

dialogue in poetry

Question 4

in Master’s characterization of Lucinda Matlock, how did she view death

Answer 4

she called is a “sweet repose”

Question 5

the descriptive words and phrases Lucinda Mathlock uses in Lines 15 and 18 such as rambled…where sang the larks, shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys indicate

Answer 5

Lucinda’s positive, happy outlook on life

Question 6

what does Lucinda Matlock mean in line 24 by, “Life is too strong for you–?”

Answer 6

she means that they are not willing to live the tough times of life with joy