Unit 14- Modern Poetry B

Question 1

wrote Fog

Answer 1

Carl Sandburg

Question 2

literary device used in Fog

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

Sandburg compared the fog to a

Answer 3

cat

Question 4

wrote Chicago

Answer 4

Sandburg

Question 5

Sanburg compared Chicago to

Answer 5

man working

Question 6

how does Sandburg feel about Chicago?

Answer 6

negative

Question 7

did Sandburg love Chicago?

Answer 7

yes; despite its faults

Question 8

theme of Chicago

Answer 8

a challenge to find a better city

Question 9

wrote Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

Answer 9

Vachel Lindsay

Question 10

caused Lincoln to not get rest

Answer 10

wanted peace that seemed so far away

Question 11

wrote General William Booth Enters into Heaven

Answer 11

Vachel Lindsay

Question 12

type of people following Booth

Answer 12

Vagabonds, thieves, lepers

Question 13

founder of the Salvation Army

Answer 13

Booth

Question 14

wrote The Long Hill

Answer 14

Sara Teasdale

Question 15

what does speaker discover about success in The Long Hill?

Answer 15

successes do not satisfy

Question 16

the Long Hill metaphor for

Answer 16

your life

Question 17

wrote The Coin

Answer 17

Teasdale

Question 18

theme of the Coin

Answer 18

memory is more valuable than money because none can take it away

Question 19

wrote The Look

Answer 19

Teasdale

Question 20

love author more in The Look

Answer 20

Colin

Question 21

wrote Wild Peaches

Answer 21

Wylie

Question 22

what season does Wylie like best in Wild Peaches

Answer 22

winter

Question 23

wrote Velvet Shoes

Answer 23

Wylie

Question 24

wrote Let No Charitable Hope

Answer 24

Wylie

Question 25

speaker's view in Let No Charitable Hop

Answer 25

happy-go-lucky head-on what comes

Question 26

wrote Pretty Words

Answer 26

Wylie

Question 27

poetry was influenced by sixteenth and seventeenth-century English poets

Answer 27

Elinor Wylie

Question 28

wrote Trees

Answer 28

Joyce Kilmer

Question 29

coin is metaphor for

Answer 29

memories

Question 30

the most quoted American poem

Answer 30

Treesw

Question 31

why are trees superior?

Answer 31

God created them

Question 32

literary device used in Trees

Answer 32

personification

Question 33

Wrote Poetry

Answer 33

Marianne Moore

Question 34

Moore's attitude to poetry

Answer 34

dislikes it but can find things to enjoy

Question 35

what is meant by "literalists of imagination'?

Answer 35

do not be too far-fetched that people do not understand

Question 36

" imaginary gardens with real toads in them" means

Answer 36

be imaginative, but be realistic

Question 37

wrote Silence

Answer 37

Moore

Question 38

characteristics of superior people

Answer 38

self-reliance silence

Question 39

theme of Silence

Answer 39

don't impose on others

Question 40

wrote I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Answer 40

Alan Seeger

Question 41

theme of I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Answer 41

everyone will die at some point

Question 42

one of the most memorable poems of WWI

Answer 42

I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Question 43

season discussed in I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Answer 43

spring

Question 44

speaker would rather be where in I Have a Rendezvous

Answer 44

at home in bed

Question 45

wrote From a Very Little Sphinx

Answer 45

Millay

Question 46

makes From a Very Little Sphinx humorous

Answer 46

girl's inability to decide

Question 47

wrote Thursday

Answer 47

Millay

Question 48

theme of Thursday

Answer 48

the fickle nature of young love

Question 49

wrote the First Fig

Answer 49

Millay

Question 50

wrote Second Fig

Answer 50

Millay

Question 51

wrote Lament

Answer 51

Millay

Question 52

wrote Renascence

Answer 52

Millay

Question 53

theme of First Fig

Answer 53

life is not long quality not quantity

Question 54

allusion to Matthew

Answer 54

Second Fig

Question 55

talked about solid rock and sinking sand

Answer 55

Second Fig (Millay)

Question 56

wrote Lament

Answer 56

Millay

Question 57

passed away in lament

Answer 57

father

Question 58

wrote Renascence (means a rebirth)

Answer 58

Millay

Question 59

even though the father passed away...

Answer 59

"life must go on, "

Question 60

mood in the first part of the Renascence

Answer 60

self-centered

Question 61

feeling of author in Renascence

Answer 61

trapped

Question 62

Milly realized what in her life

Answer 62

sin

Question 63

second mood in Renascence

Answer 63

compassion

Question 64

caused Millay to want to live again in Renascence

Answer 64

rain

Question 65

after reborn, Millay in Renascence noticed God in

Answer 65

nature

Question 66

wrote On Hearing a Symphony of Beethoven

Answer 66

Millay

Question 67

effects of music,

Answer 67

1. peace 2. purpose 3. protection

Question 68

wrote Ashes of Life

Answer 68

Millay

Question 69

what has made love so hard for speaker of Ashes of Life?

Answer 69

love is gone

Question 70

wrote anyone lived in a pretty how town

Answer 70

E. E. Cummings

Question 71

wrote when serpents bargain for the rights to squirm

Answer 71

E. E. Cummings

Question 72

Millay's tone in Ashes of Life

Answer 72

hopeless

Question 73

had a strong sense of individuality which he translated into his poetry

Answer 73

Cummings

Question 74

talks about the typical life cycle of man

Answer 74

anyone lived in a pretty how town

Question 75

typical man (anyone) got

Answer 75

married

Question 76

what happened to anyone

Answer 76

he died

Question 77

Cummings satire

Answer 77

when serpents bargain for the right to squirm

Question 78

wrote April Rain Song

Answer 78

Hughes

Question 80

talks about Hughes' love for rain

Answer 80

`April Rain Song

Question 81

wrote Personal

Answer 81

Hughes

Question 82

why doesn't Hughes tell us what the answer is in Personal

Answer 82

because it's personal

Question 83

theme of Personal

Answer 83

personal relationship we have with our Lord

Question 84

wrote The Termite

Answer 84

Ogden Nash

Question 85

wrote the Rhinoceros

Answer 85

Ogden Nash

Question 86

wrote The Kitten

Answer 86

Ogden Nash

Question 87

ultimate reason Cousin May fell through wood ?

Answer 87

termites

Question 88

why do termites like wood according to Nash?

Answer 88

evolution

Question 89

America's most popular writer of light verse

Answer 89

Ogden Nash

Question 90

what Nash uses to give humor

Answer 90

made-up words

Question 91

the ironic point in the Kitten

Answer 91

cute but grow into annoying cat

Question 92

wrote The Purist

Answer 92

Ogden Nash

Question 93

wrote Yet Do I Marvel

Answer 93

Countee Cullen

Question 94

one of the finest black poets

Answer 94

Countee Cullen

Question 95

what kind of satire is The Purist about

Answer 95

satire of know-it-all

Question 96

the greatest marvel according to Cullen