ENGLISH III

MODERN POETRY Sandburg – Frost –

MooreQuiz Review

Poets generally convey tone

through _______________.

Poets generally convey tone

through DICTION

.DICTION: word choice and syntax (sentence

structure)

In a manner similar to Walt Whitman’s, Carl Sandburg used lists of images and ideas, as exemplified in “Chicago.” The style of using such lists is sometimes referred to as ___________ or ____________.

In a manner similar to Walt Whitman’s, Carl Sandburg used lists of images and ideas, as exemplified in “Chicago.” The style of using such lists is sometimes referred to as CATALOGING or LITANY.

Carl Sandburg uses epithets such as “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Players with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handlers, and City of the Big Shoulders” to describe Chicago. In some contexts, using an “epithet” means calling someone “a bad name”; however, in the context of this poem, epithets are used like ______________.

Carl Sandburg uses epithets such as “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Players with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handlers, and City of the Big Shoulders” to describe Chicago. In some contexts, using an “epithet” means calling someone “a bad name”; however, in the context of this poem, epithets are used like NICKNAMES.

SENSORY LANGUAGE creates VIVID IMAGERY with verbs that indicate using the ____________ to understand a concept.

SENSORY LANGUAGE creates VIVID IMAGERY with diction that indicates using the SENSES to understand a concept. For example, to grasp the concept of “with lifted head singing” would require using the sense of HEARING.

In general, Sandburg uses PERSONIFICATION to describe the city of Chicago as ______________.

In general, Sandburg uses PERSONIFICATION to describe the city of Chicago as a young, hardworking man.“a tall bold slugger . . . .”“Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, . . .”“Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse,”“Laughing the story, husky, brawling, laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud . . . .”

The speaker sneers back at the critics of Chicago, but also admits _______, compares it __________, and points out ________.

The speaker sneers back at the critics of Chicago, but also admits that the accusations are accurate, compares it favorably to other cities, and points out Chicago’s admirable qualities.

The title of Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out—” alludes to ________________.

The title of Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out—” alludes to Shakespeare’s MacBeth, near the end of the play, where Macbeth learns of his wife’s death:Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more.

(V.v, lines 23 – 26)

“Out, Out—” contains vivid

images that convey a mood of _______

and ________ that is very similar to ________________.

“Out, Out—” contains vivid

images that convey a mood of

foreboding and gloom that is very

similar to the classical Greek

dramas of ancient Greece.

In “Out, Out—” Frost uses a

description of the ________________ to provide a sharp ______ to a ____

event.

In “Out, Out—” Frost uses a

description of the peaceful

mountains to provide a sharp

contrast to a tragic event.

In the poem “Out, Out—,” a boy

receives a serious injury to his _______ while working with a ______. At the end

of the poem, the boy _____________.

In the poem “Out, Out—,” a boy

receives a serious injury to his hand

while working with a table saw. At the end of the poem,

the boy dies.

The last two lines of “Out, Out—” seem somewhat shocking

to today’s reader because what

happens after the boy dies is presented as straightforward and

_____________.

The last two lines of “Out, Out—” seem somewhat shocking

to today’s reader because what

happens after the boy dies is presented as straightforward and

matter-of-fact.

At the beginning of Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry,” the speaker seems to commiserate with many people who

don’t like poetry by saying she dislikes poetry, too, and that poetry seems

_______ because there are many other things that

are more important.

At the beginning of Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry,” the speaker seems to commiserate with many people who

don’t like poetry by saying she dislikes poetry, too, and that poetry seems

trivial because there are many other things that

are more important.

The speaker in“Poetry” conveys an attitude of

_________ toward “the immovable

critic [of poetry] ” (line 14).

The speaker in“Poetry” conveys an attitude of scorn

toward “the immovable critic [of

poetry] twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea.”

Despite commenting on some negative aspects of poetry, the speaker in“Poetry” feels that “genuine poetry” can

provide the reader with pleasures such as

“imaginary _________ with ______________ in

them.”

Despite commenting on some negative aspects of poetry, the speaker in“Poetry” feels that “genuine poetry” can

provide the reader with pleasures such as

“imaginary gardens with real toads in

them.”What does this analogy mean

to you?

Marianne Moore was somewhat of a ______ when

it came to writing traditional poetry, so she often combined standard _______ with nonconformist ______. An example of her

style is found at the end of stanzas 1-4, where she

utilizes _______ to give her poem a striking feeling of

conversational prose.

Marianne Moore was somewhat of a rebel when it came to writing traditional

poetry, so she often combined standard conventions of written language with

nonconformist form (rhyme, meter, and line length). An

example of her unconventional style is found

at the end of stanzas 1-4, where she utilizes

enjambment to give her poem a striking feeling of

conversational prose.

ENJAMBMENT (N):the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical breakI, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.

Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in

it after all, a place for the genuine.Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise

if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are

useful. When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible,

the same thing may be said for all of us, that wedo not admire whatwe cannot understand: the bat

holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under

After the quiz and the unit test, please do not

out of your memory the information you have learned about poetry in this unit. You will not only need to know these concepts later this semester, but also next year in English IV (even dual credit!), as well as in college.