Unit 9 Exam Flashcards
the modernist movement in America was a response to
political upheaval and unrest due to World War I/the crumbling traditions of the past
according to Lucinda Matlock in her epitaph in the Spoon River Anthology, what is the cure for the degenerate sons and daughters?
they need to really live life – so they can love life
because of his help and care of the poor and because of the simple, straightforward language of his poetic style, Carl Sandburg is known as
“the poet of the common man”
in the following lines (34-35) of his poem “Chicago,” Carl Sandburg uses which poetic device?
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle
extended simile
most of Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” makes use of the poetic device of ______, where the poet is carrying on a conversation
dialogue
in lines 23 and 24 of his poem “Chicago” Sandburg uses which poetic device
simile
in the following lines from Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” the poet contradicts himself, which has the effect of
Line 8: “Because it was grassy and wanted wear”
Line 10: “Had worn them really about the same”
emphasizing the poet’s indecision about which road to take
what liens in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” indicate that the poet may think a “road less traveled by” is a better road
lines 7 and 8
in Pound’s poem “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” who is the “letter” written to?
the narrator’s husband
