MODERN EXAM STUDY GUIDE VERSION: AN A+ DISCUSSION.
According to imagists, what aspects of a poem should carry its meaning and
emotions?
imagery
Define steam of consciousness
style of writing that portrays the inner works of a characters mind
How is an antihero different from a hero?
opposite of hero, protagonist, J. Alfred Prufrock
In a dramatic monologue, whom does a character address?
speaks to more listeners whose responses are not known
In poetry, what are the characteristics of blank verse?
metered; unrhymed
In the period after Word War 1, what did American writers begin to do?
ironic and cynical tone
What are subjective details?
the author's personal experiences, feelings, and ideas of an author expressed in a work
What did poets of the Harlem Renaissance often use?
experiences, vernacular (dialect), Jazz
What does a narrative poem contain?
tells a story
What is the appropriate way to read poetry?
to the punctuation
What is the protagonist?
main character in a story
Why do poets use allusions?
reference history, mythology, religion
Why do writers use ambiguity?
uncertainty in the text, done on purpose
T.S Eliot- How does Prufrock think others view him?
old
, T.S. Eliot- In the following lines, what sound device lends musicality to the poem?
have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with
coffee spoons
end rhyme
T.S. Eliot- What best describes the mood of the evening "spread out against the
sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table?"
melancholy-sad, dreary
T.S. Eliot- When the speaker says he is "pinned and wriggling on the wall" in "The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what image does he create?
bug, spider web
William Carlos Williams- In "The Red Wheelbarrow," which word or words convey
an image of something concrete that you could feel or see?
red wheel barrow
William Carlos Williams- To which sense do the clanging gongs and howling
sirens appeal in "The Great Figure?"
sound
H.D.- Summarize the theme of "Pear Tree."
excited about summer, flowers blooming pear tree
H.D.- What is the main image conveying by the silver "mass" in "Pear tree?"
flower-tufts
Ezra Pound- What is the meaning of "In a Station of the Metro?"
individual person
Ezra Pound- What mood is evoked by the imagery in "Ina Station Metro?"
wistfulness- dreaming
E.E. Cummings- In "old age sticks," what happens to the young in the end?
grows old
E.E. Cummings- What is one possible way to interpret the phrase "old age
sticks?"
spring summer autumn winter
E.E. Cummings- In "anyone lived in a pretty how town," how does the poet show
the passage of time?
According to imagists, what aspects of a poem should carry its meaning and
emotions?
imagery
Define steam of consciousness
style of writing that portrays the inner works of a characters mind
How is an antihero different from a hero?
opposite of hero, protagonist, J. Alfred Prufrock
In a dramatic monologue, whom does a character address?
speaks to more listeners whose responses are not known
In poetry, what are the characteristics of blank verse?
metered; unrhymed
In the period after Word War 1, what did American writers begin to do?
ironic and cynical tone
What are subjective details?
the author's personal experiences, feelings, and ideas of an author expressed in a work
What did poets of the Harlem Renaissance often use?
experiences, vernacular (dialect), Jazz
What does a narrative poem contain?
tells a story
What is the appropriate way to read poetry?
to the punctuation
What is the protagonist?
main character in a story
Why do poets use allusions?
reference history, mythology, religion
Why do writers use ambiguity?
uncertainty in the text, done on purpose
T.S Eliot- How does Prufrock think others view him?
old
, T.S. Eliot- In the following lines, what sound device lends musicality to the poem?
have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with
coffee spoons
end rhyme
T.S. Eliot- What best describes the mood of the evening "spread out against the
sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table?"
melancholy-sad, dreary
T.S. Eliot- When the speaker says he is "pinned and wriggling on the wall" in "The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what image does he create?
bug, spider web
William Carlos Williams- In "The Red Wheelbarrow," which word or words convey
an image of something concrete that you could feel or see?
red wheel barrow
William Carlos Williams- To which sense do the clanging gongs and howling
sirens appeal in "The Great Figure?"
sound
H.D.- Summarize the theme of "Pear Tree."
excited about summer, flowers blooming pear tree
H.D.- What is the main image conveying by the silver "mass" in "Pear tree?"
flower-tufts
Ezra Pound- What is the meaning of "In a Station of the Metro?"
individual person
Ezra Pound- What mood is evoked by the imagery in "Ina Station Metro?"
wistfulness- dreaming
E.E. Cummings- In "old age sticks," what happens to the young in the end?
grows old
E.E. Cummings- What is one possible way to interpret the phrase "old age
sticks?"
spring summer autumn winter
E.E. Cummings- In "anyone lived in a pretty how town," how does the poet show
the passage of time?
