STUDY POWERPOINT LIT
- 1. STUDY POWERPOINT for AMERICAN MODERN LITERATURE CLASS
- 2. TRUE / FALSE
- 3. Eliot is important for his literary criticism as well as his writing.
- 5. God refrains from calling his creation good until after he creates man.
- 7. “ The Creation” employs personification.
- 9. God made the sun by rolling light up into a ball.
- 11. Sandburg presents a positive picture of “Chicago.”
- 13. The beginning and ending of “Chicago” repeat thus lending unity to the poem.
- 15. Williams attempted to present actual American speech in his verse.
- 17. “ In the Station of the Metro” is an imagist poem.
- 19. Ezra Pound’s poetry had little or no influence on other poets.
- 21. The word apparition in his poem has several meanings.
- 23. After Auden’s move to the United States his thoughts became primarily religious.
- 25. Millay is considered to be the master of the sonnet.
- 27. After graduation from college Millay adopted a bohemian lifestyle.
- 29. Millay didn’t begin writing poetry until her later years.
- 31. The speaker in “Dolor” hates the lack of order in public institutions.
- 33. Roethke was awarded multiple prizes for his poetry.
- 35. Roethke hated people who imitate other authors.
- 37. Ransom fought for an industrialized South.
- 39. Ransom founded the Kenyon Review.
- 41. Frost’s poetry is primarily concerned with nature.
- 43. SHORT ANSWER
- 44. According to “The Creation,” why did God make the world?
- 46. What is significant about “alien people clutching their gods” in “Journey of the Magi?”
- 48. How do the Magi spend the night because of inn situations?
- 50. What does the headline, r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r mean when it says the reader must be a grasshopper himself?
- 52. In “somewhere i have never travelled,” what contrasting actions does the author say his beloved can make him do?
- 54. What figurative expression does Chicago employ as a whole?
- 56. Between coming and moving on, what other actions does the fog employ?
- 58. “ Fog” compares fog to what?
- 60. Williams believed that meaning could only be found in what?
- 62. Williams believed that meaning could only be found in what?
- 64. In “The Station of the Metro” what is the Metro?
- 66. Pound is a major force behind what movement?
- 68. What is the object of satire in “The Unknown Citizen?”
- 70. In Sonnet XXVI what is the focus of the end of the poem?
- 72. “ Dolor” refers to the endless duplication of what two things?
- 74. What poem first brought Millay national attention?
- 76. What color characterizes the product of the environment described in Dolor?
- 78. What aspect of Roethke’s background influenced the setting for his poem, “Dolor?”
- 80. What is another name for the Southern Agrarians, the group Ransom led at Vanderbilt University?
- 82. In “Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” why can’t the author stay too long?
- 84. What is the source of the speaker’s disappointment in “The Road Not Taken?”
- 86. What does the last stanza of “Miniver Cheevy” reveal about his wasted life?
- 88. From what activity does Miniver Cheevy have to rest?
- 90. Multiple Choice
- 91. What influences hinder spiritual interest in “The Journey of the Magi?”
- 93. In “The Journey of the Magi,” what do the three trees symbolize?
- 95. Be sure to study all of the Poet questions on your study sheet. They will each be multiple choice questions.
- 96. According to “The Creation,” what causes light to come forth?
- 98. In order to understand the grasshopper poem, what must be ignored?
- 100. “ somewhere i have never travelled” features what central metaphor?
- 102. What is the main focus in “somewhere i have never travelled?”
- 104. What does “Chicago” compare the city to?
- 106. What is the tone of “Chicago” in the last stanza?
- 108. In “Chicago” word choices seem to emphasize ___.
- 110. How are “Poem” and “Red Wheelbarrow” similar?
- 112. “ Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter” seems to focus on what comparison?
- 114. “ Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter” presents information from whose perspective?
- 116. In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” repetition in the last two lines emphasizes what?
- 118. In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the speaker stops to do what?
- 120. In “The Road Not Taken,” why does the speaker pause?
- 122. Why is Miniver Cheevy’s love for the Medici ironic?
- 124. In “Miniver Cheevy” who thinks of Miniver as child of scorn ?
- 126. What word best describes Miniver Cheevy?
- 128. ESSAY: Choose one poem that we have read and either compare or contrast it with a biblical view of the topic using three examples.