Mr. Flood's Party

Which historical event and its horrors did modernism react to?

• World War I

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

Modernist poetry broke traditions in works that did all of the following except:

• Experimented with language, symbolism, and imagery

• Challenged rules about point of view, rhyme scheme, meter, and capitalization

• Focused on the poem’s appearance on the page as a form of self-expression

• Addressed subjects and ideas that had been explored in poetry for centuries.

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While Mr. Flood is not heroic in the typical sense and does nothing admirable during the poem’s action, Robinson’s description of Mr. Flood is nevertheless filled with pathos, which means_______________________________.

• the poem is filled with language and descriptions which arouse emotion, usually pity and sympathy, from the reader.

• the poem is filled with nonsensical events that make the reader laugh at Mr. Flood’s expense.

• the poem gives vivid sensory details that make the reader feel like they are a part of the story.

• the poem is tedious and drawn out with details that don’t influence the reader at all.

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The feelings of loss that pervade "Mr. Flood's Party" are common in _______________ poetry, which is often tinged with diminished expectations.

• Romantic

• Modernist

• Gothic

• Colonial

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What feelings in Mr. Flood does Robinson highlight through the allusion to "Auld Lang Syne"?

• Mr. Flood's pain and suffering.

• Mr. Flood's busy and fulfilling life.

• Mr. Flood's melancholy or sadness for the happiness he once shared with old friends, now gone.

• Mr. Flood is exhibiting characteristics of dementia

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What does looking over Tilsbury town represent in "Mr. Flood's Party"?

• a great place to live for young families

• a bustling city that is loud and distant

• physical and emotional separation from the life below

• A sense of community in which all townsfolk belong

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What is an allusion?

• A dream, something not real.

• A previous held belief.

• An indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not actually mentioned.

• Something in poetry, but nothing important.

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What is one theme of the poem, "Mr. Flood's Party"?

• Happiness - He is happy to be near the end of his life.

• Extreme confidence - He is confident that he will finish the drink he has. Everyone should always drink everything they are given.

• Loneliness - Because he is an old man, he is lonely and has no more friends, but they are all dead and gone.

• Courage - He has courage as he faces his journey to the end of his life with no friends.

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Read the lines from the poem "Mr. Flood's Party" below:

Alone, as if enduring to the end

A valiant armor of scarred hopes outworn,

He stood there in the middle of the road

Like Roland’s ghost winding a silent horn.

Below him, in the town among the trees,

Where friends of other days had honored him,

A phantom salutation of the dead

Rang thinly till old Eben’s eyes were dim.

Which words and language show Mr. Flood's old age and fragility--and help build the reader's sympathy?

• "Roland's ghost" and "winding"

• "below him" and "town among the trees"

• "valiant armor" and "phantom"

• "alone," "outworn," and "enduring to the end"

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Modernist writing creates a new kind of hero very different from the central figures of Romantic literature.

• True

• False