Modernism and Poetry

Many modernist writers managed to

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

Who wrote "The Weary Blues"?

The feeling or atmosphere created by the poem.

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

After WW1, Modernism gained in popularity because people began to

Which poet is not a modernist Poet?

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

W.B. Yeats wrote about...

Who wrote "Out, Out—"?

Poets of Harlem Renaissance wrote American poetry that involved

Not noticed; disregarded.

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

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

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

He was the voice of the Harlem Renaissance.

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

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

Descriptive language used to appeal to the senses.

This poem contains an extended metaphor.

This poem has an allusion in it.

In the 1920's many modernist writers and artists

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

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

What did not inspire Modernist poetry?

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

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

Modernism is a response to _______ among other things.

The modernist movement challenged writers to

This poem talks about an apology.

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

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

Which poem talks about the loss of innocence?

When a reference is made to another piece of literature.

The Modernist unit was for the most part engaging and informative

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

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

Identify: "the tanks thundered across the battlefield"

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

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

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

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

Without reason or unrestrained is

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

Poets use these to suggest an idea of something else.

Who wrote "The Great Figure"?

This poem sets the mood through poison and screeching.

Dulce et Decorum Est was written by ...

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

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

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

Where did Modernist ideas transition to?

Who wrote "Poetry"?

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

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

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

Wilfred Owen wrote about ...

Around what time period did Modernism begin? (Loosely)

Ernest Heminway created characters who

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

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

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

Crooked or out of place is..

Contempt means:

Modernism is concerned with ...

Smothers; extinguishes is known as...

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