20th Century Poems 5.05 Assignment

1. Jeannie Quinn
20th Century Poetry
Assignment 5.05
Assignment:
You will take this information to create a presentation
showcasing both of your chosen poems. You should have at
least one image for each poem along with text explaining the
ways in which the literary works were influenced by the events
of the 20th century.

2. "STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY
EVENING" BY ROBERT FROST
• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
• An influence that Robert Frost had on
the 20th century with this particular
poem was that it had symbolism.
Symbolism was popular in the 20th
century as a common way to
describe a meaning of something
natural. As for in this poem, Frost
talks about walking in a snowy
woods. The snowy woods represents
the harshness of how life was in the
World Wars. Since he walked too far
into the harshness, he soon found
out that he was not welcome there.
Once he turned, he knew that he
would not be able to sleep for quite
some time, which represents all of
the restless and sleepless nights
people had in the World Wars.

3. "FOG" BY CARL SANDBURG
• The fog
comes
on little cat
feet.
It sits looking
over harbor
and city
on silent
haunches
and then
moves on.
• In this poem, the
“fog” that is
described represents
the hard working
days and how the
cities were changing
over that time. The
fog stays, but not for
too long, until it
moves on to watch
over the next city or
town.