American Literature

Who wrote "The Purist"?

Ogden Nash

Who wrote "The Coin"?

Sara Teasdale

Who wrote "Renascence"?

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Who wrote "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"?

Vachel Lindsay

Who wrote "Fog"?

Carl Sandburg

Who wrote "Velvet Shoes"?

Elinor Wylie

Who wrote "Personal"?

Langston Hughes

Who wrote "Silence"?

Marianne Moore

Which author wrote "Life must go on; I forget just why."?

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Which author wrote "Hog Butcher for the World, . . City of the Big Shoulders"?

Carl Sandburg

Which author wrote "anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down)"?

E. E. Cummings

Which author wrote "I have a rendezvous with Death At Some disputed barricade"?

Alan Seeger

Which author wrote "My father used to say, 'Superior people never make long visits'"?

Marianne Moore

What poem by Carl Sandburg is a metaphor of the weather?

"Fog"

What poem is one of the most memorable poems of World War I?

"I Have a Rendezvous with Death"

What poem by Langston Hughes is about correspondence between the poet and God?

"Personal"

Who wrote "General William Booth Enters into Heaven"?

Vachel Lindsay

Who wrote "Trees"?

Joyce Kilmer

What is the theme of "Yet Do I Marvel"?

Wonder at God's creation of man

What is the theme of "Thursday"?

The immaturity of youth regarding love

What is the theme of "The Coin"?

The memory of a lovely thing is more important than money

What is the theme of "Lament"?

Everyday life must continue, even after someone dies

What is the theme of "anyone lived in a pretty how town"?

Life cycle of a typical man who marries, has children, dies, is buried, and goes to eternity

What literary device is used in the following line: "Booth led boldly with his big bass drum-"?

Alliteration

What literary device is used in the following line: "Bringing long peace to Cornland, Alp and Sea"?

Consonance

What literary device is used in the following line: "Swift autumn, like a bonfire of leaves, /And sleepy winter, like the sleep of death"?

Simile

What literary device is used in the following line: "Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand."?

Allusion

What literary device is used in the following line: "when serpents bargain for the right to squirm"?

Personification

Explain the theme of "Poetry." Include the author's name and the author's view.

"Poetry" is written by Marianne Moore. The theme is if we read only the best poetry, we will discover that there is, after all, something important about poetry. The author first viewed poetry in contempt because other things were more important. But, the author's view changed to appreciate poetry because it does to relate to truth, reality, and life.