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The Dead Poets Society: American Modernism Web Hunt

 We've been learning about some incredible American Modernist Poets. Now its time to put a face with the name and learn more about them! You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to uncover the brilliance and eloquence of the ten poets pictured below. Do you know who they are??? Let's find out! For each picture, there is a corresponding link to a website. Click on the picture to be lead to a website which will reveal the author's identity. Use he website to discover the the answers to the corresponding questions given with the author's picture. Everything you will need to know to answer the questions will be on the website. Turn in your questions (including the name of the authors!) to me in class on the due date given.  Good luck!

**1.**  WATCH THE VIDEO  1. What was his profession (other than being a poet), and how do you think this relates to his systematic way of writing poetry described in the video? 2. The speaker describes his desire to create poetry that was "uniquely" American. From the poetry we've read, how do you feel his poetry is uniquely American?

**2.**  READ THE POEM 1. How does his bending of conventional grammar and syntax affect how you read the poem? 2. How does this affect tie into the the "aspects of modernism" that we talked about in class? 3. Do you think this poet's style would be more effective in prose form (short stories, etc.), or is it better in poetry form? Why?

**3.**  READ THE ARTICLE  1. Name one aspect of his childhood that you think inspired his career as a poet and how it did so. 2. Think about what the article says about his path in life. Did he immediately become a full-time poet like he had hoped? 3. Thinking back on the meaning of "The Road Not Taken" we talked about in class, how do you think the poem might reflect his feelings about his own "path" in life?

**4.**  READ THE ARTICLE  1. He is considered the "grandaddy" of American Modernist poetry. Name two things this author did for the movement. 2. Did the author travel and live in other countries besides America? Considering that he was promoting a style of poetry considered "uniquely American", how do you think his travels affected his view of American poetry?

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READ THE QUOTES  1. Pick 3 quotes and explain what you think the poet is saying in these quotes. 2. Pick the quote you most identify with. Why do you identify with this quote?