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Unit 14- Modern Poetry B Flashcards

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wrote Fog

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Carl Sandburg

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literary device used in Fog

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metaphor

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Sandburg compared the fog to a

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cat

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wrote Chicago

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Sandburg

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Sanburg compared Chicago to

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man working

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how does Sandburg feel about Chicago?

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negative

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did Sandburg love Chicago?

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yes; despite its faults

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theme of Chicago

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a challenge to find a better city

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wrote Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight

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Vachel Lindsay

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caused Lincoln to not get rest

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wanted peace that seemed so far away

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wrote General William Booth Enters into Heaven

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Vachel Lindsay

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type of people following Booth

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Vagabonds, thieves, lepers

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founder of the Salvation Army

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Booth

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wrote The Long Hill

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Sara Teasdale

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what does speaker discover about success in The Long Hill?

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successes do not satisfy

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16
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the Long Hill metaphor for

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your life

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wrote The Coin

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Teasdale

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theme of the Coin

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

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wrote The Look

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Teasdale

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love author more in The Look

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Colin

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wrote Wild Peaches

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Wylie

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what season does Wylie like best in Wild Peaches

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winter

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wrote Velvet Shoes

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Wylie

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wrote Let No Charitable Hope

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Wylie

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speaker’s view in Let No Charitable Hop

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happy-go-lucky
head-on what comes

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wrote Pretty Words

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Wylie

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poetry was influenced by sixteenth and seventeenth-century English poets

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Elinor Wylie

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wrote Trees

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Joyce Kilmer

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coin is metaphor for

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memories

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30
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the most quoted American poem

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Treesw

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31
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why are trees superior?

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God created them

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32
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literary device used in Trees

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personification

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33
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Wrote Poetry

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Marianne Moore

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Moore’s attitude to poetry

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dislikes it but can find things to enjoy

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35
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what is meant by “literalists of imagination’?

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

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” imaginary gardens with real toads in them” means

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be imaginative, but be realistic

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wrote Silence

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Moore

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38
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characteristics of superior people

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self-reliance
silence

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theme of Silence

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don’t impose on others

40
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wrote I Have a Rendezvous with Death

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Alan Seeger

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theme of I Have a Rendezvous with Death

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everyone will die at some point

42
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one of the most memorable poems of WWI

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I Have a Rendezvous with Death

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season discussed in I Have a Rendezvous with Death

44
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speaker would rather be where in I Have a Rendezvous

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at home in bed

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wrote From a Very Little Sphinx

46
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makes From a Very Little Sphinx humorous

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girl’s inability to decide

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wrote Thursday

48
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theme of Thursday

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the fickle nature of young love

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wrote the First Fig

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wrote Second Fig

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wrote Lament

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wrote Renascence

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theme of First Fig

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life is not long
quality not quantity

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allusion to Matthew

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Second Fig

55
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talked about solid rock and sinking sand

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Second Fig (Millay)

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wrote Lament

57
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passed away in lament

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wrote Renascence (means a rebirth)

59
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even though the father passed away…

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“life must go on, “

60
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mood in the first part of the Renascence

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self-centered

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feeling of author in Renascence

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Milly realized what in her life

63
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second mood in Renascence

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compassion

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caused Millay to want to live again in Renascence

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after reborn, Millay in Renascence noticed God in

66
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wrote On Hearing a Symphony of Beethoven

67
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effects of music,

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  1. peace
  2. purpose
  3. protection
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wrote Ashes of Life

69
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what has made love so hard for speaker of Ashes of Life?

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love is gone

70
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wrote anyone lived in a pretty how town

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E. E. Cummings

71
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wrote when serpents bargain for the rights to squirm

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E. E. Cummings

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Millay’s tone in Ashes of Life

73
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had a strong sense of individuality which he translated into his poetry

74
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talks about the typical life cycle of man

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anyone lived in a pretty how town

75
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typical man (anyone) got

76
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what happened to anyone

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Cummings satire

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when serpents bargain for the right to squirm

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wrote April Rain Song

80
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talks about Hughes’ love for rain

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`April Rain Song

81
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wrote Personal

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

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because it’s personal

83
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theme of Personal

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personal relationship we have with our Lord

84
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wrote The Termite

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Ogden Nash

85
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wrote the Rhinoceros

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Ogden Nash

86
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wrote The Kitten

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Ogden Nash

87
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ultimate reason Cousin May fell through wood ?

88
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why do termites like wood according to Nash?

89
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America’s most popular writer of light verse

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Ogden Nash

90
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what Nash uses to give humor

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made-up words

91
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the ironic point in the Kitten

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cute but grow into annoying cat

92
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wrote The Purist

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Ogden Nash

93
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wrote Yet Do I Marvel

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Countee Cullen

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one of the finest black poets

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Countee Cullen

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what kind of satire is The Purist about

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satire of know-it-all

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the greatest marvel according to Cullen

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