Eng II Period 6 | Poets: Sandburg, Browning, & Toomer by Christina Zacharias https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018 Login to Padlet (You should not be ANONYMOUS!) Research the following poets' backgrounds: Carl Sandburg, Robert Browning, and Jean Toomer and write 5-10 facts on each poet. en-us 2018-03-08 21:19:42 UTC 2018-03-09 19:08:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Poets xavier_miot https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240183963 Carl Sandburg
- He was born on January 6, 1878.
-He was born in Galesburg, Illinois.
-His parents came from Sweden.
-His writing was encouraged by Professor Philip Green Wright.
-Philip Green Wright also paid for his first publication.
Robert Browning
-He was born on May 7, 1812.
-Robert was born in Camberwell, England
-His mother was a pianist
-Father was a bank clerk, artist, scholar, antiquarian and a book and picture collector.
-Published his  first piece in 1833.
Jean Toomer
-Born on December 26, 1894.
-Born in Washington, D.C.
-He was raised in a predominantly black community.
-He attended black high schools.
-He started going to college in 1914 at the University of Wisconsin, he then transferred to College of the City of New York]]> 2018-03-09 15:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240183963 Poets matthew_dorcinvil https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309322 Sandburg:
- Was born in Galesburg
-Was born on January 6, 1878
- Was born into a poor Swedish immigrant family
- At age 13, he quit school and working as a day laborer
Browning:
- Was born in Camberwell, London
- was born on may 7, 1812
- He entered the University of London in 1828
- His home had over 7,000 books
Toomer:
- Was born in Washington D.C.
- Was born on December 26, 1984
- Attended various colleges in the 1900s including The City College of New York, and University of Wisconsin.
- Studied agriculture, psychology, and literature
- He never earned a degree
]]> 2018-03-09 18:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309322 Poets vincent_manguno https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309431 Carl
-  Swedish-American
- Won 3 Pulitzer prizes
-  Known as "a major figure in contemporary literature"
- Won his first prize in 1919
- Born 1/6/1878
Robert
- Born May 7, 1812
- Died in December 12, 1889
- Born in England 
- Died in Italy
- His mother played the piano.
Jean
- Born in Washington                          
- Born: December 26, 1894, 
- Died: March 30, 1967,
- Died in Doylestown, PA
- African American]]> 2018-03-09 18:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309431 Poets cody_benton1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309896 Carl Sandburg

  • Born in Galesburg, Illinois, January 6, 1878.
  • Died in Flat Rock, Mount Airy Township, North Carolina, July 22, 1967.
  • He went to Lombard College.
  • His spouse was Lilian Steichen.
  • One of his quotes are: Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Robert Browning

  • Born in Walworth, London, May 7, 1812.
  • Died in Venice, Italy, December 12, 1889.
  • His spouse was Elizabeth Barret Browning.
  • He was the playwright of The Pied Piper, Pippa Passes, and Colombe's Birthday.
  • One of his quotes are: Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

Jean Toomer

  • Born in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1894.
  • Died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1967.
  • He went to Dunbar High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • His parents were Nathan Toomer and Nina Pinchback.
  • One of his quotes are: People mistake their limitations for high standards.
]]> 2018-03-09 18:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240309896 Poet Facts nathaniel_alperi https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240310681 Carl Sandburg
1. Born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg Illinois.
2. He was a poet and biographer.
3. He attended Lombard college.
4. One of his famous books were; The People, Yes.
5. His wife's name was Lilian Steichmen.
Robert Browning
1. Browning lived in Italy.
2. One his best quotes is "Grow old with me".
3. He was a English poet and playwright.
4. He wrote the play; The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Jean Toomer
1. He was an African-American poet. 
2. Associated with the Harlem Renaissance. 
3. He wrote the book; Cane. 
4. He was born in Washington. 
5. Jean first started to write poetry in 1914. ]]> 2018-03-09 18:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240310681 Poets otis_mcduffie https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240311578 Carl Sandburg
1) Born on January 6th, 1878.
2) died on July 22, 1967.
3) Swedish-American poet, writer, and editor.
4) He won three Pulitzer Prizes.
5) he has 3 children.
Robert Browning
1) Born: May 7, 1812, Walworth, London, United Kingdom
2) Died: December 12, 1889, Venice, Italy
3) Spouse: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (m. 1846–1861)
4) Plays: The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Pippa Passes, Colombe's Birthday
5) English poet and playwright.
Jean Toomer
1) He was born in December 26, 1894 in Washington D.C.
2) He died is March 30, 1967 in Doylestown, PA.
3) He went to Dunbar High School, and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
4) He was an African American poet and novelist.
5) He was commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissence.
]]> 2018-03-09 18:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240311578 Poets mateo_ramirez1 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240312563 Carl Sandburg-
1. Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on January 6, 1878.
2. His parents, August and Clara Johnson, had emigrated to America from the north of Sweden.
3. The Sandburgs were very poor; Carl left school at the age of thirteen to work odd jobs, from laying bricks to dishwashing, to help support his family.
4. Sandburg worked his way through school, where he attracted the attention of Professor Philip Green Wright, who not only encouraged Sandburg’s writing, but paid for the publication of his first volume of poetry, a pamphlet called Reckless Ecstasy (1904).
5. While Sandburg attended Lombard for four years, he never received a diploma (he would later receive honorary degrees from Lombard, Knox College, and Northwestern University).

Robert Browning-
1. Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, England.
2. His mother was an accomplished pianist and a devout evangelical Christian. His father, who worked as a bank clerk, was also an artist, scholar, antiquarian, and collector of books and pictures.
3. Much of Browning’s education came from his well-read father.
4. It is believed that he was already proficient at reading and writing by the age of five.
5. A bright and anxious student, Browning learned Latin, Greek, and French by the time he was fourteen.

Jean Toomer-
1. An important figure in African-American literature, Jean Toomer (1894—1967) was born in Washington, DC, the grandson of the first governor of African-American descent in the United States.
2. A poet, playwright, and novelist, Toomer’s most famous work, Cane, was published in 1923 and was hailed by critics for its literary experimentation and portrayal of African-American characters and culture.
3. In 1922, he moved to Sparta, Georgia to become a school principal. It was from this trip to the South that he began writing heavily about the African-American experience, eventually culminating with the publication of his most famous work, Cane.
4. Cane is structured in of three parts. The first third of the book is devoted to the black experience in the Southern farmland. As Bernard W.
5. Toomer infused much of the first part with poetry. "In the sketches, the poet is uppermost," wrote Robert Littell]]> 2018-03-09 18:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240312563 Facts emelia_chatfield https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313048  Carl Sandburg
- born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois
- He fought in the Spanish-American war
-In 1913, he moved to Chicago to work as a journalist
- In 1914, his poetry was published in Poetry magazine.
- He also collected folksongs into books and wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography about Abraham Lincoln
Robert Browning
- born on May 7, 1812 in Camberwell
-Browning’s family was devoted to his being a poet, supporting him financially and publishing his early works
-Robert Browning’s Paracelsus, published in 1835
-only began to attain popular success when he was in his 50s
-died on December 12, 1889 in Venice
Jean Toomer
- was a poet, playwright, novelist and short-story writer
-Born on December 26, 1894, in Washington, D.C.
-began writing in 1918—authored short stories, plays and poems
-well-known work and is considered a multi-genre masterpiece of African-American life
-He died on March 30, 1967, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.




]]> 2018-03-09 18:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313048 Poets conor_cameron https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313203 Carl Sandburg
1. He won three Pulitzer Prizes.
2. Born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg Illinois.
3. Carl quit school and working as a day laborer
4. Philip Green Wright also paid for his first publication.
5. Went to college in 1914

Robert Browning
1.Spouse: Elizabeth Barrett
2.  English poet and playwright.
Jean Toomer.
3. Died: December 12, 1889, Venice, Italy
4.  Born: May 7, 1812, Walworth, London, United Kingdom
5. Father was a bank clerk

Jean Toomer
1. Born on December 26, 1894.
2. Born in Washington, D.C.
3. He was raised in a predominantly black community.
4. He attended black high schools.
5. He started going to college in 1914 at the University of Wisconsin]]> 2018-03-09 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313203 Poets mackenzie_grushoff https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313379 Carl Sandburg 
1. Born: January 6, 1878 
2. Died: July 22, 1967
3. he was a Swedish-American poet, writer, and editor
4. Carl Sandburg was born in a three-room cottage at 313 East Third Street in Galesburg Illinois 
5. His mothers name was Clara Mathilda
Robert Browning 
1. Born on May 7, 1812.
2. Born in in Walworth, London, 
3. Died in Venice, Italy, December 12, 1889.
4. His spouse was Elizabeth Barret Browning.
5.Published his  first piece in 1833.
Jean Toomer 
1. He was born in December 26, 1894 in Washington D.C.
2. He died is March 30, 1967 in Doylestown, PA.
3. He went to Dunbar High School, and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
4. He was an African American poet and novelist.
5. He was commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissence.

]]> 2018-03-09 18:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313379 Poets nathanlittle https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313463 Carl Sandburg-
1. Born in Galesburg
2. Born on January 6th 
3. Born in 1878
4. Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes. 
5. Has 3 kids.
6. Died on July 22, 1967
Robert Browning-
1.]]> 2018-03-09 18:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313463 marius_lambert https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313778 1/6/1878
7/22/1967
auditor
won
3 kids

5/7/1812
12/12/1889
spouce
plays
english

12/26/1894
3/30/1967
hight school
african american
harlem.]]> 2018-03-09 18:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313778 Poets ethan_corbijn https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313939 Carl Sandburg
1. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1878
2. Fought in the Spanish American war
3. He won three Pulitzer prizes
4. He started working when he was 13 years old
5. He died in North Carolina in 1967.
Robert Browning
1. He was born in 1812, England
2. His education came from his father
3. He published his first piece in 1833
4. Browning went to the University of London
5. He died In Italy in 1889
Jean Toomer
1. He was born in Washington D.C in 1894 
2. Graduated from Dunbar High School 
3. He became a school principle in Georgia 
4. Considered the most important black poet 
5. Died in Pensylvania in 1967. ]]> 2018-03-09 18:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240313939 Poets annabelle_flambert https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer6_PoetBackgrounds2_2018/wish/240318125 Carl Sandburg 
1. Born: January 6, 1878
2. Died: July 22, 1967
3. He was born in a three room cottage in Galesburg, Illinois. 
4. His moms name was Clara Mathilda. 
5. He was a Swedish-American poet, writer, and editor.
Robert Browning 
1. Born in Walworth, London on May 7, 1812. 
2. Died in Venice, Italy, December 12, 1889.
3. His spouse was Elizabeth Barret Browning. 
4. His spouse was Elizabeth Barret Browning.
5.Published his  first piece in 1833.
Jean Toomer 
1. He was born in December 26, 1894 in Washington D.C.
2. He died is March 30, 1967 in Doylestown, PA.
3. He went to Dunbar High School, and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
4. He was an African American poet and novelist.
5. He was commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissence.
                                                                                 
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