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100
Who wrote the poem Daddy?
Who is Sylvia Plath
100
What is one major theme from confessional poetry?
What is death, suicide, mental illness, marriage and children.
100
What is John Berryman's most famous collection of poems called.
What is The Dream Songs
100
A poem by TS Eliot about a man with procrastination and severe depression. Hint: We read it this year.
What is The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
100
Which American Rights activist failed to give up her seat in 1955?
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Who wrote The Dream Songs
Who is John Berryman
200
What does confessional poetry have to deal with?
What is the personal I
200
What is Sylvia Plath's most famous poem?
What is Daddy
200
A reaction against Confessional poetry stresses a return to traditional styles?
What is new formalism?
200
Actor Ronald Reagan started in politics by becoming Governor for which state?
What is California
300
In the summer of 1953 where did Sylvia Plath work?
What is a magazine
300
What theme has to do with this quote from Daddy. “I never could talk to you. The tongue stuck in my jaw.”
What is Communication in Relationships
300
What year was The Dream Songs published?
What is 1969
300
A reaction against confessional poetry, an event garde group form the 60s/70s
What is language poets.
300
In what year was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?
Who is 1963
400
What did Sylvia Plath take to try to commit suicide in 1953?
What is sleeping pills
400
What is the most common style the poems were written in?
What is autobiographical
400
What is the name of the best friend in The Dream Songs.
Who is Mr.Bones
400
What college did Sylvia Plath study in while at Cambridge University
What is Newham College
400
Which Communist political leader came into power during the Cuban Revolution of 1959?
Who is Fidel Castro
500
Where did Sylvia Plath win a scholarship to in 1950?
What is Smith College
500
What is the theme from Daddy relating to the quote “I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die”.
What is effects of childhood trauma.
500
What poem was Skunk Hour modeled after?
What is The Armadillo
500
Who is the guy that coined the term "confessional poet" in his review of Life Studies by Robert Lowel.
Who is ML Rosenthal
500
Who won the 1960 World Series
What is the Pittsburgh Pirates