Modernist Poetry

The Modern Period of American literature was from _______ through _______.

• 1960s - now
• 1910s - 1930s
• 2000 - Present
• 1860s - 1920s

The Modern Period was greatly influenced by _______________.

• The Roaring '20s
• WWI
• the Great Migration
• all of these

World War I began in ______.

• 1914
• 1897
• 1922
• 1945

Modernist poets accepted new subject matter, but they held firm to traditional poetic forms.

• True
• False

Modern poets broke punctuation and capitalization rules because they did not believe that there should be rules for these things.

• True
• False

All Modern poetry is free verse.

• True
• False

An example of a new, Modern kind of subject matter could be the beauty of nature.

• True
• False

Men poets in the Modern period wrote poetry about previously stigmatized subjects like vulnerability.

• True
• False

Many Modern poets wrote in free verse.

• True
• False

Robert Frost often used free verse poetry to explore new subject matter.

• True
• False