Literary Exploration

By: Alex Marshall

Book/Poetry Titles From 1912

O The TitanicO The Promise LandO The Melting of MollyO The DestroyerO The SeaO Heroes of the Titanic

Authors that Published in 1912

O Thomas MannO William Vaughn MoodyO Edgar Allen PoeO Zane GreyO Leo TolstoyO John MuirO Logan Marshall O Jack London

This is Zane Grey, a very popular poet in the 1900’s.

PoemO The Titanic touches something deep inside

you feel the pain and agony she tried to hide.She once stood so proud and true but now she rests alone in the silent hue.The Titanic can make you fearful and sad;by looking at the destination she had. Where was the room for iceberg and ship to pass that night-Why couldn't the Titanic greet Monday's early light?

My Evaluated PoemO The first line really means when she hits the bottom of

the ocean after she starts to sink. The second line is saying that even though ships don’t have feelings, you know what it must be like, being practically broke in half and being abandoned at the bottom of the ocean. The sentence, “She once stood so proud and true,” means that when she was built, nobody ever thought she would sink because she was the best built ship yet . The next sentence means she is resting in pieces at the bottom of the silent ocean. The fifth sentence means a ton of people feel sad because they lost someone special to them in the wreck. The sentence after that is saying she didn’t reach the right spot before she crashed into the iceberg. The last two sentences mean why couldn’t the iceberg and ship pass each other and make it till the next morning. I chose this poem because I felt I understood it more than some of the other poems I read about the Titanic.

Question?O Does this reflect anything about your

era?

O The whole poem is about the Titanic, which was one of the major tragedies of 1912. It sets a sad and disappointing mood during the 1900’s as well as in the poem.

GenresO Realism- This is the presentation in

art of the details of actual life. This begun in the 19th century.

O Naturalism- This is when Naturalists tended to view people as hapless victims of immutable natural laws.

O Imagism- This was a literary movement that flourished between 1912 and 1927. This was mostly short poems.

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O Works Cited"Titanic Poems." Angelfire. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/steerage/poems.html>.

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O Works Cited"Titanic - Introduction." American History. Smithsonian, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/titanic-group>.

O Works Cited"Book Review: Zane Grey's Forlorn River and Nevad." Tom Kepler Writing. Blogger, 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://www.tomkeplerswritingblog.com/2012/11/book-review-zane-greys-forlorn-river.html>.