Order 1107235: See paper instruction to choose one of four essay question

1.  Discuss Robert Frost's ambiguity towards nature and other rural themes. What early modernist ideas are present in Frost’s work?

2. Carefully describe the persona of the speaker in Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by examining the way he sees the world. In your opinion, why did this poem become so popular in the Modernist era?



3. Langston Hughes' central purpose is writing was, in his own words, "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America."  How do the poems you read illustrate his attempt?  How is Hughes considered a modernist poet?



4.  In your opinion, which author is most representative of the Modernist literary movement to you?  Give examples from their work with literary devices, ideas and themes found in Modernism.