Modernism and Poetry

Identify: "The smoke curled around the building and fell asleep"

W.B. Yeats wrote about...

Some poets were inspired by modernist European painters, while others looked to

When the world emerged from WW1, change took place because of a loss of...

10ENGM is by far the best Year 10 English class at Smiths Hill High School.

Contempt means:

Crooked or out of place is..

Identify: "The darkness rolled on and on to the promised land, bringing death and despair"

This term refers to the way the words are laid out on the page.

Who wrote "The Weary Blues"?

Ernest Heminway created characters who

This poem talks about an apology.

Identify: "the tanks thundered across the battlefield"

Who wrote "Poetry"?

What poem is a perfect example of everything that the Modernist period was about?

Which poem talks about the loss of innocence?

Poets use these to suggest an idea of something else.

Poets of Harlem Renaissance wrote American poetry that involved

Until the beginning of the 20th century, all were part of common Western ideals EXCEPT

Around what time period did Modernism begin? (Loosely)

Identify: "The gas clawed its way into the trenches like a prowling beast"

Modernist poets were concerned with all of the following except.....

Descriptive language used to appeal to the senses.

Modernism is a response to _______ among other things.

Modernism is traditionally attibuted to introducing a new kind of protagonist whose most important trait was

Who wrote "what if a much of a which of a wind"?

This poet was imprisoned for a short time because of his unique writing style.

In the 1920's many modernist writers and artists

Identify: "The machines screamed as they birthed the tools of war"

This poem sets the mood through poison and screeching.

After WW1, Modernism gained in popularity because people began to

This poet refused to burn his collection of books written by African American writers.

Modernist poetry mixed with the music of African Americans helped to create this.

Smothers; extinguishes is known as...

This is poetry not written in a regular rhythmic meter or rhyme scheme.

Who wrote "The Great Figure"?

The modernist movement challenged writers to

He was the voice of the Harlem Renaissance.

When a reference is made to another piece of literature.

This poem contains an extended metaphor.

Identify: "he was a lamb, slaughtered in no-man's land"

Wilfred Owen wrote about ...

Many modernist writers managed to

Some Modernist poets believed that this alone could carry a poem's message and emotion.

This has to do with the rise and fall of the speaker's voice.

During the modern period, the center of Western literary life shifted away from

Identify: "The melancholy walked straight up to him, attacked and forced its way into his gut"

This poem has an allusion in it.

When there is a comparison of two unlike things that develops throughout a piece of writing.

Identify: "The whistling waves washed over the weary beach"

Which poet is not a modernist Poet?

Modernism is concerned with ...

Sad or suggestive of sadness is referred to as...

Two important trends that were factors in the breakdown of traditional beliefs and values

Where did Modernist ideas transition to?

Identify: "They stopped. Short. Rooted to the spot"

The writer's attitude toward the subject and the readers.

The Modernist unit was for the most part engaging and informative

What did not inspire Modernist poetry?

The elements of Modernism in literature focus on all of the following EXCEPT

In music, accented beats where they would normally not be accented is called...

Identify: "W.B.Yeats was a titan of the English Language" is an example of...

Without reason or unrestrained is

This poet wore a black cape and used social science journals incorporated into the poetry.

Who wrote "Out, Out—"?

Not noticed; disregarded.

Dulce et Decorum Est was written by ...

The feeling or atmosphere created by the poem.