Modernism Poetry Flashcards
State the key features of Modernism Poetry
- Individualism
(the idea individuals pursuits being more interesting than societies) - Experimentation
(breaking from the olf forms + techniques of poets) - Sense of unease
- Disillusionment of society
(poignant loneliness + isolation) - Stream of consciousness
(writing similarly to our thought patterns ie symbolism) - Absurdity + the sereal
Each poets largely remains consistent throughout there work + poetry
State the key themes which are present across the modernism poetry
- Disillusionment of modern life
- Alienation + detachment (from ppl, from society, world around us, nature etc)
- Social + emotional bonds + our connections (ie platonic relationships, family, lover etc)
- Nature + the destructive nature of man
- Time, transiency of life, memory + experience
- Breaking of tradition + limitations of choices
- The Mundane + Negativity (negative emotion/outlook /perception of life as a construct)
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Disillusionment of modern life’ (disappointment)
Pity this busy monster man unkind - Cummings
What of a much of a which of a wind - Cummings
(much of Cummings work surrounds Disillusionment)
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Alienation + detachment’
The lovesong of J. alfred prufrock - T.S Elliot
La Figlia Che Piange - T.S Elliot
Stopping by woods at a snowy evening - Robert Frost
Out Out - Robert Frost
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Social/Emotional bonds Ie Family + Relationships’
Out Out - Robert Frost
The Runaway - Robert Frost
Time does not bring relief, you all have lied - Edna Millay
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Nature’ + The Destructive nature of man
Snake - D.H Lawrence
Cummings poems
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Time, Memory + Experience’
Time does not bring relief you all have lied - Edna Millay
Stop all the clocks - W. H Auden
Lullaby - W. H Auden
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Transiency of Time/lLife’
The minds an enchanting thing - Marianne Moore
What are years - Marianne Moore
What poems link best with the theme of ‘Breaking of tradition’
Mending wall - Robert frost
Snake - D. H Lawrence
In Just - E.E Cummings
What if a much of a which of a wind - E.E Cummings
Most cummings poem breaks tradition or mankind, form, structure etc all breaking the typical + predictable
What poems link best with the theme of
‘Limitations of choices/ life negative outlook /perception of life as a construct’
The road not taken - Robert Frost
Pity this busy monster man unkind - E.E Cummings
The mind is an enchanting thing - Marianne Moore
The Lovesong of J Alfred Proofrock - T.S Elliot
