Modernism Basics
Modernism was partly a response to the growth of what in American life?
Urbanization (cities)
Fire symbolizes what human force?
Desire (or passion)
Sandburg’s poem celebrates which city?
Chicago
A symbol is something that represents something ______.
Larger/deeper
Which poem uses a city to show power?
Chicago
Modernists rejected poetry that was overly what?
Romantic or sentimental
Ice symbolizes what?
Hate (or indifference/control)
Name one working job described in the poem.
Hog butcher, stacker of wheat, tool maker
Is fire destructive, powerful, or both?
Both
Which poem suggests emotions could destroy the world?
Fire and Ice
Name one event that pushed writers toward Modernism.
WWI (industrialization/war)
True or False: Frost believes both fire and ice could end the world.
True
Name one flaw Sandburg admits Chicago has.
Violence, corruption, prostitution
Chicago symbolizes what in the poem?
Industrial power / working-class America / modern city life
Which seems more Modernist — celebrating a messy city or describing a peaceful garden?
Celebrating a messy city
Modernists believed truth was not neat but ______.
Uncertain/complex
Why might ice be more dangerous than fire?
Cold, slow, and quietly destructive
Despite brutality, the speaker remains what?
Proud or unapologetic
Which force in “Fire & Ice” is more subtle but still destructive?
Ice
Which force best represents Modernist America: passion, control, or brute power?
Control