final exam Flashcards
subdivision of the 20th century
modernism
contemporary or postmodern period
edwardian period
1921 irish free state
britain
shared
ww1
stock market crash:economic depression/great depression
jfk assassinated
milk assasinated
america
before ww1 man had faith in _______
society and art
son of former slaves, published first book of poetry in 1893; first black poet to use black dialect, dealt with difficulties of being black
paul lawrence dunbar
author of sympathy
paul lawrence dunbar
what does caged bird symbolize in sympathy
oppression
author of we wear a mask
paul l. dunbar
what does that mask symbolize in we wear the mask
2 identities
and deception
what is we wear the mask considered
dunbar greatest poem
Polish parents, born in Ukraine
Became British citizen
polish was his third language
joseph conrad
author of the lagoon
joseph conrad
imagery of the lagoon
darkness and light
what does the darkness of forest represent
the darkness of arsats heart
what did the poem the lagoon recognize
mans sin nature
themes of. the lagoon
remorse
selfishness
moral ambiguity
arsat sacrifices his honor for his love
greatest irish poet ;irish nationalist, irish literary renaissance, link between romanticism and modernism
william butler yeats
author of the wild swans at coole
william yeats
what is the theme of the wild swans at coole ;contrasts the speaker now vs. 19 years
aging ; contrasts the speaker now vs. 19 years
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context of the wild swans at coole
after ww1 working for irish independence
popular in the 1920sand 30s, chicago renaissance; socialist characteristics of poetry
carl sandburg
learned form whitman ;emphasized on thr common man
carl sandburg
admires city because of working city
chicago
author of chicago
carl sandburg
theme of chicago
celebrates this working class city
author of fog
carl sandburg
style of fog
imagism
Best known, best loved American poet
o New England Regionalist
robert frost
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
robert frost
author of the road not taken
robert frost
author of birches
robert frost
Leading Modern poet after 1922
o Wasteland (1922), his masterpiece
o Joined Anglican Church (1927)
o “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufro
tS elliot
author of the love song of j alfred prufrock
t.s elliot
A soldier, died in 1918 during WW
wilfred owen
Anthem for Doomed youth
wilfred owen
o Major modern American poet who was overshadowed by T.S. Elliot’s Wasteland
o Imagistic – not comment on modern civilization
marianne moore
author of poetry
marianne moore
Leader within American Harlem Renaissance
o Experimented with poetic form
langston hughes
the negros speaks of rivers
langston hughes
Written 1920. A key poem of the Harlem Renaissance
▪ Describes history of blacks, including triumphs and trage
the negros speak of rivers
Known for precise description
o A major American poet: Pullitzer Prize
o Taught at Havard in 1970
elizabeth bishop
the fish
elizabeth bishop
theme of fish
fisgis worthy of honor
ones art
elizabeth bishop
theme of one art
nothing is permanent loss is inevitable
Ireland’s most important poet
o Nobel prize for Literature 1995
o Made a translation of Beowulf
seamus heaney
former us poet lauret e very popular living american poet
billy collins
the lanyard
billy colin’s
seamus heaney
digging
diggin themes
hard work
lanyard theme
repaying sacrificial love
themes of old man and sea
Persistence (fighting against defeat)
• Courage in difficult circumstances
• Proper view of death based on Hemingway’s Code
author of old man and sea
ernest hemingway
