Bellwork: “What’s up with this image?”

Ezra Pound defines an image as "that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex* in an instant of time.” What do you think Pound is saying in this

quotation? How would you define “image”? Why do poets choose to include images in their

poems? *complex (noun): A whole composed of

interconnected or interwoven parts 5 – 7 sentences Time: 4 minutes

Homework Modernism Poetry Packet

Actively Read the biographies and the poems of Pound and Williams

Complete the “3T’s” for any TWO poems Word Bank Tempus Tracker & Book Review…

Announcements/ Housekeeping

Word Bank? Trojan Women books (receipts…) Work Days

Vocabulary Unit K Activities

Arielle, James, Simmona, Ellie, Ms HB Time: 7 minutes

Quiz: 7 minutes

Journal: “American Lit. Bet. Wars HW Review” Period 1

Steps for Review:1. Compare notes with students who had the same

section (3 minutes)1. 1669-1673: Matt, Kate, Arielle, Tianna, Kayla, Ben2. 1673-4 & 1676-7: Daisha, Jordan, Nika, Horace,

Bryan, Ayla, Chantei3. 1674-6: Jane’, Kim, Ashontae’, Tim, Savannah, Emily

2. Share the most important VIP’s (3) with your classmates TAKE NOTES ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY

IN YOUR JOURNAL

Journal: “American Lit. Bet. Wars HW Review” Period 2

Steps for Review:1. Compare notes with students who had the same section

(3 minutes) Life & Thought Between the Wars

Austin, Kemani, Nyimah, Shannon, Briana, Mallory, James Literature & the Times & Traditionalism

Khristian, Erin, Teairah, Juliana, Mikyle, Heather, Rushil Modernism

Kasim, Prince, Ty, Gabe, Shania, Gaby

2. Share the most important VIP’s (3) with your classmates TAKE NOTES ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY IN

YOUR JOURNAL

Journal: “American Lit. Bet. Wars HW Review” Period 3

Steps for Review:1. Compare notes with students who had the same section

(3 minutes) Life & Thought Between the Wars

Tyler, Cassidy, Rachel, Phillip, Quentin, Bertram Literature & the Times & Traditionalism

Rasheed, Simmona, Iyanna, Doug, Tracie Modernism

Emily, Keanu, Ricky, Justin, Jermaine

2. Share the most important VIP’s (3) with your classmates TAKE NOTES ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY IN

YOUR JOURNAL

Journal: “American Lit. Bet. Wars HW Review” Period 4

Steps for Review:1. Compare notes with students who had the same section

(3 minutes) Life & Thought Between the Wars

Ellie, Trey, Adam, Nellie Literature & the Times & Traditionalism

Vince, Tim, Nick, Talor Modernism

Sherley, Simeon, Sam, D’anna

2. Share the most important VIP’s (3) with your classmates TAKE NOTES ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY IN

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Journal: “American Lit. Bet. Wars HW Review” Period 7

Steps for Review:1. Compare notes with students who had the same section

(3 minutes) Life & Thought Between the Wars

Shanice, Lorianny, Jacquin, Tyesha, Melody, Chris Literature & the Times & Traditionalism

Isaiah, Gianna, Brianna, Konjit, Sherry Modernism

Melisa, Ashley, Brittney, Andreina, Casey, Tyrell

2. Share the most important VIP’s (3) with your classmates TAKE NOTES ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY IN

YOUR JOURNAL

Journal: “Turn Back Time…”TAKE NOTES

Romanticism – (1800-1840) Was a reaction against 18th century Neoclassicism (in

Europe primarily) placed a premium on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature,

individuality, and exotica Purely American topics were introduced such as frontier life Writers include Irving, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, and

Melville. Transcendentalism – (1840-1855)

respected the individual spirit and the natural world, believing that divinity was present everywhere, in nature and in each person

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, W.H. Channing, Margaret Fuller, and Elizabeth Peabody

Journal: “Turn Back Time…”TAKE NOTES

Realism – (1865-1915) presentation the details of actual life in art Bret Harte, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, Henry James

Imagism (1912-1927) Led by Ezra Pound, HD, and Amy Lowell short poems create sharp, exact, concentrated pictures

Modern Age – (1915-1946) Post World War I: An age of disillusionment and confusion Eliot, Stevens, ee cummings, Stein, Faulkner, Steinbeck,

Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Frost Harlem Renaissance (1919-1938)

Part of the Modern Age Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes,

and Arna Bontemps

Entry: “The Three T’s”(Poetry HW Format)

Theme What is the poem about? What is the message the poet is trying to convey?

Tone (/Mood) What is the “mood” of the poem? What feeling do you get from it?

Technique What is the form of the poem? What kind of language does the poet use? What literary devices does the poet use (List at

least 2 and explain how)?

A Poem to Reconsider…“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

(p. 15 in your packet)

Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf,So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to dayNothing gold can stay

Three T’s for “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

by Robert Frost THEME: In this poem, Frost is saying that all good things

must end. By describing the transition between dawn and day, Frost illustrates that life is ephemeral (not lasting forever).

TONE: This poem is somewhat bittersweet. While the poem begins on a positive note with a description of the beauty of nature, it loses its positivity when we learn that this beauty will not last forever. This poem is depressing, a common characteristic during the Modernist period.

TECHNIQUE: This poem is only one stanza and uses end rhyme. The language is simple yet descriptive enough to paint a clear image in the reader’s mind. In this poem, Frost uses alliteration such as “Her hardest hue to hold” and “So dawn goes down to day”. This device is important because it helps to give the poem a nice “flow”. Also, Frost utilizes personification when he refers to nature as “Her”. This is important because Frost uses nature as a symbol for the inevitability of life’s end and the personification of nature helps to convey the poem’s message.