Unit 9

Line 13 of "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" is an example of what poetic device

Repetition

Which poetic device is used in Line 17 of "The Road Not Taken" "Somewhere shes and ages hence"

Repetition

In Master's characterization of Lucinda Matlock, how did she view dearh

She called it a "sweet repose"

According to her epitaph in the Spoon River Anthology, where did Lucinda get medicines to nurse the sick

She gathered medicinal plants by Spoon River

According to her epitaph in the Spoon River Anthology, why did Lucinda Matlock day she died at age ninety-six

She had lived long enough, that is all

What do Lines 32-39 of "The Death of the Hired Man" say about Mary's character

She is compassionate

In a Frost's The Death of the Hired Man, why was Warren upset that Silas had come back

Silas has left abruptly in the midst of haying season, right when he was needed most

In Lines 23 and 24 of his poem "Chicago," Sandburg uses which poetic device

Simile

In Lines 32-35 of his poem "Chicago," Sandburg uses which poetic device

Simile

The following lines from Sandburg's poem "Chicago" incorporates which poetic device Line 23-24: Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning/ (some)

Simile

The town of Spoon River, of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology, was pattered after

The little town Edgar Lee Masters grew up in

How does the poet use personification in describing the city in Lines 18-19 of "Chicago"

The poet gives the city a "head," it "sings," and is "proud" —- all human-like attributes

In Line 6 of "The River Merchant's Wife A Letter" why are the merchant and his wife called "two small people"

They are no longer children, but have not yet reached adulthood

What is the point of view of Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"

Third person objective

Modernist writers use a lot of symbolism and imagery

To let the reader think for himself instead of the author dictating a fixed meaning

According to Lucinda Matlock's epitaph in the "Spoon River Anthology," how mkay children did she have

Twelve

The characters used in writings of Modernist Movement authors were often

Unable to communicate well and to commit to traditional kinds of relationships

In lines 36-38 of his poem "Chicago," Sandburg tells us that the city brags and laughs becauseb

Under his wrist is the pulse and under his ribs the heart of the people

Modernist poetry is generally written in free verse, deals with new subject matter, and, most importantly,

Uses clear imagery

When does the merchant's wife have hair that is still cut straight across her forehead

When she was a child

According to the dialogue throughout "The Death of the Hired Man," what were Mary and Warren arguing about

Whether they should let Silas stay at the farm

Masters uses the technique of ______ in this selection about Lucinda (Lines 1-4). This technique was commonly used by Modernist writers

Writing in first person in a stream-of-consciousness style

Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is written in traditional rhyme and meter. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza

a,b,a,a,b

What is the main theme of Lucinda Matlock's epitaph

"It takes life to love life"

In what time period did the Modernist Movement take place

1910-1945

According to Lucinda Matlock's epitaph in the "Spoon River Anthology," how long did she live with her husband before she died

70 years

The epitaph of "Lucinda Matlock" is written in what poetic form, popular to Modernist writersv

A narrative poem — the poem form that tells a story

In Lines 9-12 of his poem "Chicago," Sandburg uses which poetic device

Anaphora

The following lines from The Death of the Hired Man reveal to the reader that the story of the poem takes place Line 1: "Mary day musing on the lamp-flame at the table" (some)

At night

According to her epitaph in the Spoon River Anthology, why does Lucinda call the sons and daughters "degenerate"

Because they are filled with anger, discontent, and dropping hopes

How does Frost tell the story in "The Death of the Hired Man"

Chiefly through dialogue

What did the Modernist Movement revolt againt

Conservative values of realism

Lines 11-14 of Frost's poem The Death of the Hired Man shows the element of ______, often used in narrative poems

Dialogue

Which author is credited with bringing the Modernist Movement of the United States

Ezra Pound

Based on clues from Pound's poem, "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" — what is the time of heat when the wife writes the lettee

Fall

What is the point of view of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"

First person

Ezra Pound's poem "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" — is written ih

Free verse

According to the dialogue in Lines 61-63 of Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man," what happened to Harold Wilson

He finished school and is teaching in his college

In Lines 1-3 of his poem "Chicago," Carl Sandburg uses the poetic device of cataloging or listing. What things is he cataloging

He is cataloging all the services Chicago provides to the nation and to the world

In Lines 6-14 of "Chicago," who is the poet talking to

He is talking to the city, Chicago

How does the narrator in "The Road Not Taken" think his choice will affect his fugure

He knows it was affect his future but he isn't sure how

From clues in the poem (including the title), what was probably the reason the River Merchant departed when his wife was sixteen

He probably went on a trip relating to his business as a river merchant

Robert Frost's ability to write about the countryside using beautiful imagery was probably influenced by

His life on the farm in the New Hampshire countryside

Which of the following are not defining features of the Modernist Movement

Hyperbole and sincerity

What meter is "Death of the Hired Man" written in

Iambic pentameter

What is the meter of "The Road Not Taken"

Iambic tetrameter

Lines 106-113 of Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man" are good example of the poet's amazing skill with

Imagery

The following phrase from Line 3 of Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is an example of what poetic element "long I stood"

Inverted syntax

From the dialogue in Lines 15-16 of Frost's The Death of the Hired Man we learn that the hired man

Is old and can do little to help now

In the following lines from Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," the poet contradicts himself. What if the effect of that contradiction Line 8: "Because it was grassy and wanted wear" Line 10: "Had worn them really about the same"

It emphasizes the poet's indecision about which road to take

How would you break Line 108 of Frost's The Death of the Hired Man into syllables of iambic pentameter Line 108: "Its light poured softly in her lap. She saw"

Its light | poured soft- | ly in | her lap. | She saw

What is the tone in the following passage from Lucinda Matlock's epitaph Line 18: Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys

Joyful

According to Lucinda Matlock's epitaph in the "Spoon River Anthology," when did she meet her husband

June

According to Line 16 of "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter," where did the river merchant fo

Ku-to-en

What line in Frost's "The Road Not Taken" indicates whether the narrator will come back to choose a different road

Line 15

What line from Pound's "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" indicates where the husband of the narrator went

Line 16

What line from Pound's "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" indicates that the couple has been separated for five months

Line 17

In his poem The Death of the Hired Man Frost uses dialogue and action to reveal the setting of the poem. Which lines tell us where Warren had been

Line 8

A good example of how Pound uses imagery in "The River Merchant Wife: A Letter" to convey the feelings of the river merchant's wife is which of the following

Lines 11-12: At 15 I stopped scowling, I desired my dust to be mingled with yours

Which passage below, from Sandburg's poem "Chicago," is an example of the poetic device of personification

Lines 30-31: Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth

What lines in Frost's "The Road Not Taken" indicate that the poet may think a "road less traveled by" is a better road

Lines 7 and 8

The descriptive words and phrases Lucinda Matlock used in Lines 15 and 17 such as "rambled.... where sang the larks, shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys" indicate

Lucinda's positive, happy outlook on life

What if Frost saying in Lines 16-20 of his poem "The Road Not Taken"

No matter which road we choose, it makes all the difference

Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is about

Not looking back

Lucinda chastises the "degenerate sons and daughters" for their "sorrow, weariness, anger, discontent, and drooping hopes" — not because of what has happened to them in life, but because

Of their attitudes about what has happened to them in life

How would you break Line 106 of Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man" into syllables of iambic pentameter Line 106: "Part of a moon was falling down the west"

Part of | a moon | was fal- | ling down | the west

The following line from Sandburg's poem "Chicago" incorporates which poetic device Line 18 Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth

Personification

Which poetic device is used in Line 8 of "The Road Not Taken" "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"

Personification