Poetry in America - 1865-1945 - Final Exam Review

Which of the following is true of the religious movement called spiritualism?

Although Whitman didn’t actually ‘fight’ in the Civil War, he did volunteer as a nurse witnessed the war’s carnage.

In these famous lines from William Carlos Williams’s “To a Poor Old Woman”, which literary device is Williams using?

William Carlos Williams' poetry was influenced by his work as a doctor and experience answering house calls.

The speaker of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Sonnet IV" shows coming of age by

In Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago”, the way several lines in a row begin with “And they tell me” and “Until” is an example of

A quatrain is:

Paul Laurence Dunbar was well-known for his dialect poems. Which of the following lines is an example of dialect?

In Emily Dickinson’s “[They dropped like Flakes -]”, which of the following lines is an example of a simile?

Name the poet and title of this poem -- "To make a poet black, and bid him sing!"

Title & Poet? The truth is a calm world,/In which there is no other meaning, itself/Is calm, itself is summer and night

Langston Hughes’ “Harlem” conveys what it’s like to have a “dream deferred.” Which of the lines has an entire simile?

Georgia Douglas Johnson’s “Black Woman" features a mother warning a child about

The spiritual “Were You There” makes several references to the Bible and Christ’s crucifixion. These are an example of:

Carl Sandburg’s “Mamie” is a young girl with big dreams. Once she gets to Chicago, how do her desires change?

Walt Whitman's "Beat! Beat! Drums!" uses which two musical instruments to generate enthusiasm about the Civil War?

In Robert Frost’s famous “Mending Wall”, what is the neighbor’s beloved expression for maintaining the stone wall?

Edgar Lee Masters' "Mrs. Kessler":

What literary device is used? “By the bivouac’s fitful flame, A procession winding around me, solemn and sweet and slow”

What poem is this line from? “And I’d like to be a bad woman, too"

"The Tropics in New York" by Claude McKay is mostly about

What Robert Frost poem is this line from? “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—/ I took the one less traveled by”

Marianne Moore’s “The Fish” has a pattern where each line has a certain number of syllables. What is the term for this?

The Civil War was fairly tame, with less than 100,000 casualties and little damage done to the environment or property.

Which of the following lines does Claude McKay use as a refrain in his poem “Flame-Heart”?

Both "I Sit and Sew" by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson and "Sheltered Garden" by H.D.

Who ate the plums?

What describes elements of Wallace Stevens' poetry?

Dorothy Parker’s poem “The Red Dress” was written in a historical moment when women’s fashion was changing drastically.

The lines  “But, oh! how the Rebs did hate it” and “And learned to read ‘em well” are examples of what kind of language?

Many sonnets have a line or two where the tone or direction of the poem changes. What do we call this change or ‘turn’?

Harriet Monroe wanted Poetry magazine to focus exclusively on contemporary poetry and pay its contributors.

Alexander Posey’s “Coyote" represents Native peoples violently removed from their homes. What literary device is this?

In this line, "I, too, dislike it," What is the poet Marianne Moore referring to?

A sonnet:

Both William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens:

Cullen’s “From The Dark Tower” describes the “night” as having human qualities. What literary device is this?

Langston Hughes' "The Weary Blues" features which of the following poetic devices?

"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" is a poem about:

George Moses Horton, poet, lived as an enslaved man for most of his life. He compares his poetic abilities to:

In “When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom’d”, Whitman memorializes the death of which American figure

Enjambments and end-stops are two examples of _____?

Inspired by Charles Demuth’s painting “I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold”, William Carlos Williams wrote "The Great Figure"

TS Eliot's "The Wasteland" references Latin myths,World War I, and Dante’s Inferno, displaying what literary technique?

What's the best definition of orientalism?

A poem or song that mourns the loss of someone or something is an example of...

What is an epitaph?

Countee Cullen's Poem "To Certain Critics" responds to which poet:

An ars poetica is:

Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, every line in the 3rd stanza begins with “I.” What literary device is this?

What's the best definition of enjambment?

W. E. B. Du Bois uses terms “second-sight” and “double-consciousness” to describe life for a Black person in the USA

Which of the following is a cultural or technological innovation that took place during the period we call “Modernism”?