Modern Poetry Test (5/10/16) Flashcards
What are some characteristics of modern poetry?
- diverse and experimental
- questions traditional values and beliefs
- preoccupied with modern psychology (Freud’s influence)
- concerned with social issues
Who are the modern poets from New England?
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Robert Frost
- e. e. cummings
Who are the modern poets from St. Louis?
- Sara Teasdale
- Marianne Moore
- T. S. Eliot
Who are the modern poets from Chicago?
- Edgar Lee Masters
- Carl Sandburg
- Vachel Lindsay
Who are the minority poets of modern poetry?
- George Santayana
- Joyce Kilmer
- Joyce Weldon Johnson
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Countee Cullen
Which modern poet was a Spanish-born American?
George Santayana
Name the two modern poets that were Roman Catholic.
George Santayana
Joyce Kilmer
What was present in much of George Santayana’s writing?
Traditional form and values
Who wrote “What Riches Have You?”
George Santayana
“Tell me what makes you so exceeding glad: Is your earth happy or your heaven sure?” is from what poem?
What Riches Have You?
Which modern poet grew up in small towns in Illinois?
Edgar Lee Masters
Who wrote Spoon River Anthology?
Edgar Lee Masters
How many poems make up Spoon River Anthology?
244 (free verse) poems
Which work is known for being “a landmark in American literature”?
Spoon River Anthology
What is Spoon River Anthology?
a collection of poems which are epitaphs (writings on tombstones) of different characters
“All, all, are sleeping on the hill” is from what poem?
The Hill (from Spoon River Anthology)
What is “The Hill” about?
a graveyard of people who have died (and telling how they died).
What is “Anne Rutledge” about?
Abraham Lincoln’s first love (she died of fever before they could be married)(She was 20 and Lincoln was 25)
What is “Emily Sparks” about?
a school teacher who has prayed for many years for a man who was in her class when he was a little boy
What is “Reuben Pantier” about?
a man who learns of his old teacher’s death and turns his life around
Who is the boy that Emily Sparks prayed for?
Reuben Pantier
Who was Reuben Pantier’s old school-teacher?
Emily Sparks
What is “Lois Spears” about?
a woman who was blind who considers herself to be “the happiest of women”
What is peculiar about the statement “I was the happiest of women” in “Lois Spears”?
she was blind