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1
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subdivision of the 20th century

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modernism
contemporary or postmodern period

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2
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edwardian period

1921 irish free state

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britain

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3
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shared

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ww1
stock market crash:economic depression/great depression

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4
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jfk assassinated
milk assasinated

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america

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5
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before ww1 man had faith in _______

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society and art

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6
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son of former slaves, published first book of poetry in 1893; first black poet to use black dialect, dealt with difficulties of being black

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paul lawrence dunbar

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7
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author of sympathy

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paul lawrence dunbar

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8
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what does caged bird symbolize in sympathy

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oppression

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9
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author of we wear a mask

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paul l. dunbar

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10
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what does that mask symbolize in we wear the mask

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2 identities
and deception

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11
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what is we wear the mask considered

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dunbar greatest poem

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12
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Polish parents, born in Ukraine
Became British citizen
polish was his third language

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joseph conrad

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13
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author of the lagoon

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joseph conrad

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14
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imagery of the lagoon

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darkness and light

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15
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what does the darkness of forest represent

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the darkness of arsats heart

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16
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what did the poem the lagoon recognize

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mans sin nature

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17
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themes of. the lagoon

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remorse
selfishness
moral ambiguity
arsat sacrifices his honor for his love

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18
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greatest irish poet ;irish nationalist, irish literary renaissance, link between romanticism and modernism

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william butler yeats

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19
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author of the wild swans at coole

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william yeats

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20
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what is the theme of the wild swans at coole ;contrasts the speaker now vs. 19 years

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aging ; contrasts the speaker now vs. 19 years

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21
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h

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22
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context of the wild swans at coole

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after ww1 working for irish independence

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23
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popular in the 1920sand 30s, chicago renaissance; socialist characteristics of poetry

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carl sandburg

24
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learned form whitman ;emphasized on thr common man

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carl sandburg

25
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admires city because of working city

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chicago

26
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author of chicago

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carl sandburg

27
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theme of chicago

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celebrates this working class city

28
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author of fog

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carl sandburg

29
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style of fog

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imagism

30
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Best known, best loved American poet
o New England Regionalist

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robert frost

31
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Traditional verse, New England dialect
▪ Basically contemporaries with T.S. Elliot
▪ Established his reputation in England (the old one, not the new one)
▪ Persona of wise country man living close to nature

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robert frost

32
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author of the road not taken

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robert frost

33
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author of birches

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robert frost

34
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Leading Modern poet after 1922
o Wasteland (1922), his masterpiece
o Joined Anglican Church (1927)
o “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufro

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tS elliot

35
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author of the love song of j alfred prufrock

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t.s elliot

36
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A soldier, died in 1918 during WW

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wilfred owen

37
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Anthem for Doomed youth

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wilfred owen

38
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o Major modern American poet who was overshadowed by T.S. Elliot’s Wasteland
o Imagistic – not comment on modern civilization

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marianne moore

39
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author of poetry

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marianne moore

40
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Leader within American Harlem Renaissance
o Experimented with poetic form

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langston hughes

41
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the negros speaks of rivers

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langston hughes

42
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Written 1920. A key poem of the Harlem Renaissance
▪ Describes history of blacks, including triumphs and trage

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the negros speak of rivers

43
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Known for precise description
o A major American poet: Pullitzer Prize
o Taught at Havard in 1970

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elizabeth bishop

44
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the fish

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elizabeth bishop

45
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theme of fish

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fisgis worthy of honor

46
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ones art

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elizabeth bishop

47
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theme of one art

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nothing is permanent loss is inevitable

48
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Ireland’s most important poet
o Nobel prize for Literature 1995
o Made a translation of Beowulf

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seamus heaney

49
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former us poet lauret e very popular living american poet

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billy collins

50
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the lanyard

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billy colin’s

51
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seamus heaney

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digging

52
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diggin themes

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hard work

53
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lanyard theme

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repaying sacrificial love

54
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themes of old man and sea

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Persistence (fighting against defeat)
• Courage in difficult circumstances
• Proper view of death based on Hemingway’s Code

55
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author of old man and sea

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ernest hemingway

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