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Unit 14- Modern Poetry Flashcards

1
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three most distinct voices in modern poetry

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Robinson, Frost, Cummings

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2
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America’s greatest modern poet

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Frost

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3
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most experimental modern poet

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Cummmings

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America’s most influential modern poet

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T.S Eliot

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problems with modern poetry

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  1. questions traditional values and beliefs
  2. occupied with modern psychology
  3. reflects naturalism and turns to Marxism
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6
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one group of international experimental poets who organized a revolt against traditional forms

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Imagists

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7
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modern poems are characterized by

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common speech
free rhythm
and above all the use of clear images

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8
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wrote What Riches Have You?

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George Santanya

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9
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greatest riches

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faith and hope we have in God

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10
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wrote The Hill

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Edgar Lee Masters

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theme of What Riches Have You?

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faith and hope we have in God are the greatest riches

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12
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considered a landmark in American literature

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Spon River Anhology

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13
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made up of 244 poetic monologues by various characters who have died

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Spoon River Anthology

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14
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wrote Anne Rutledge

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Edgar Lee Masters

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15
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Anne Rutlidge loved

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Abe Lincoln

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16
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wrote Emily Sparks

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Masters

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17
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Emily sparks was a

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teacher, old maid

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18
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Emily Sparks taught her children about

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God
evil of sin

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19
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wrote Lois Spears

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Masters

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20
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Lois Spears disability

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blind

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21
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what was Lois Spear’s attitude

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happy
glory to God

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22
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wrote Rev. Lemuel Wiley

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Masters

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23
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” I preached four thousand sermons, I conducted forty revivals.”

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Rev. Lemuel Wiley

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24
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Wiley’s greatest accomplishment

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saved a marriage

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25
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wrote Hannah Armstrong

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Masters

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26
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Hannah Armstrong was friends with

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Abe Lincoln

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27
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what did Hannah Armstrong request

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sick son be released from the army

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28
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wrote Lucinda Matlock

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Masters

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29
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psuedonym for Master’s grandma

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Lucinda Matlock

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30
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“Life is too strong for you–
It takes life to live life.”

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Lucinda Matlock

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31
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The Hill is a

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cemetery

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32
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wrote Reuben Pantier

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Masters

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33
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Emily sparks students

34
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wrote Go Down Death- A Funeral Sermon

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James Weldon Johnson

35
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literary device used to describe death in Go Down Death

36
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reason for Sister Caroline’s death

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God had pity on her because of her pain

37
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Sister Caroline’s testimony

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done much for Christ
worked hard

38
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Sister Caroline emotion towards death

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not fear
peace

39
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wrote The Creation

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James Weldon Johnson

40
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qualities of God in Creation

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more like a human

41
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message to us about God’s creation of man

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made us exactly how He wanted
made us in His one image

42
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first black person to be admitted to the Florida bar

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James Weldon Johnson

43
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wrote When All is Done

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Paul Larence Dunbar

44
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probably the first black poet to use black dialect in poems and novels

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

45
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what did Laurence say in When All Is DOne

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don’t mourn for me

46
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according to When All is done, death is a

47
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wrote We Wear the Mask

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

48
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theme of We Wear a Mask

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hide our hurts from the world but show them to Christ

49
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wrote Hymn

50
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in Hymn storms are metaphor for

51
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wrote The Taxi

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Amy Lowell

52
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happened The Taxi

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someone left

53
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words describe author feels in The Taxi

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prick, sharp edges, ridges, wedge

54
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theme of The Taxi

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feel isolated when person leaves

55
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wrote In Flander’s Fields

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John McCrae

56
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about dead soldiers

A

In Flanders Fields

57
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what did the dead soldiers want?

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continue fight for freedom

58
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wrote The Road Not Taken

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Robert Frost

59
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theme of Road Not Taken

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take the right path

60
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wrote The Pasture

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Robert Frost

61
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two things speaker plans to do in the Pasture

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clean pasture
fetch calf

62
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wrote Tree at My Window

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Robert Frost

63
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how are the speaker and the tree alike in Tree at My Window

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both had storms

trees enduring outside storm,
boy enduring inward storm

64
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metaphor in Tree t My Window

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tongues-leaves

65
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wrote Revelation

66
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poem from Frost that says he wants relationships, wants to be understood by world

A

Revelation

67
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wrote Flower-Gathering

68
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theme of Flower-Gathering

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author sad that he’s gone

69
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gave successes and to person he made them for

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Flower-Gathering

70
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wrote They Were Welcome to Their Belief

71
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what happened to man’s hair

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went white

72
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why did hair go white?

73
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wrote Birches

74
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theme of Birches

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He wants to go back to the days of no worries

75
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God’s presence will keep us safe

76
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birch trees described

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light and bending

77
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metaphors Birches

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glass-ice
filling jug- climbing trees

78
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what does it mean to be a swinger of birches

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wants to let go of cares and concerns of life for a while

79
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most outstanding AMerican poet of the twentieth century

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