13) American Poetry of the Second Half of the 20th Century

Question 1

Allen Ginsberg

Answer 1

Howel

Question 2

What is confessional poetry?

Answer 2

mid 20th century, characterized by its deeply personal and autobiographical subject matter, exploration of intensely personal experiences, emotions, and struggles, often drawing from their own lives

Question 3

Name some of the confessional poetry writers

Answer 3

Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath

Question 4

Which confessional author has its poems set in New England?

Answer 4

Robert Lowell

Question 5

Robert Lowell

Answer 5

Imitations, For the Union Dead, Life Studies

Question 6

Anne Sexton

Answer 6

The Bedlam and Part Way Back, All My Pretty Ones, Transformations, The Book of Folly

Question 7

Theodor Roethke

Answer 7

The Lost Son and Other Poems, The Far Field

Question 8

Which poet spent their childhood in Nova Scotia, which had a major influence on her work?

Answer 8

Elizabeth Bishop

Question 9

Elizabeth Bishop

Answer 9

In the Waiting Room, One Art, At the Fishhouses

Question 10

What is the main theme of One Art written by Elizabeth Bishop?

Answer 10

loss, particularly the loss of loved ones

Question 11

Sylvia Plath

Answer 11

Morning Song, Tulips, Daddy, Ariel (collection of poems), The Bell Jar (novel)

Question 12

What is the name of the only novel written by Sylvia Plath?

Answer 12

The Bell Jar