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Acquainted With the Night "Out, Out—"
After Apple Picking Never Again Would Birdsong
Bereft Oven Bird
Birches The Most of It
Desert Places The Road Not Taken
Design The Silken Tent
Love and a Question The White-Tailed Hornet
The White-Tailed Hornet Questions
Mending Wall Two Look at Two
Mowing I Will Sing You One-O
How to Understand Poetry Evaluating Poetry
Link to some Frost Critical Articles
Session 22
We will cover ""The White-Tailed Hornet" in class. Be prepared for a brief quiz before we discuss. You will need to download and bring to class 1) "Evaluating Poetry", 2)"How to Understand Poetry" 3) the poem, annotated and color-marked, 4) your TYPED responses to the specific questions on "The White-Tailed Hornet". Late Policy does not apply to poetry journals as we will be discussing them in class.
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Acquainted With the Night "Out, Out—"
After Apple Picking Never Again Would Birdsong
Bereft Oven Bird
Birches The Most of It
Desert Places The Road Not Taken
Design The Silken Tent
Love and a Question The White-Tailed Hornet
The White-Tailed Hornet Questions
Mending Wall Two Look at Two
Mowing I Will Sing You One-O
How to Understand Poetry Evaluating Poetry
Link to some Frost Critical Articles
Session 23
We will cover "Two Look at Two" and "Mending Wall". Be prepared for a brief quiz before we discuss. Download the poems, annotate and color mark, answer the general (from either Evaluating Poetry or How to Understand Poetry) and the specific journal questions.
The questions are provided below. Yes, this assignment must be typed.
Session 24
We will cover "Birches" and "I Will Sing You One-O" in class. Be prepared for a brief quiz before we discuss. Download the poems, annotate and color mark, answer the general and the specific journal questions. The "questions in your text" are provided below. Yes, this assignment must be typed.
Session 25
We will cover "After Apple Picking" in class. Copy each poem and color mark. In addition to the general journal questions, there are some poem-specific questions below. Student presentations will begin today.
Questions for "Birches"
1) Discuss Frost's use of figurative language and paired opposites in the poem.
2) Though written in continuous stanza form, the poem may be divided roughly into three equal parts. Where would you divide the poem and why?
3) What do you think Frost means by 'heaven' in this poem?
Questions for "Mending Wall"
1) Characterize differences between the speaker and his neighbor.
2) Characterize similarities between the speaker and his neighbor.
3) Comment on the speaker's ambiguous attitude toward the walls. How is this central to a major theme of the poem?
Questions for "Two Look at Two"
1) Comment on the relationship between the hikers and the environment.
2) What significance do you see in the title?
3) Comment on the "great wave" that washes over the human couple at the end.
Questions for "After Apple Picking"
1) How does the poet convey so vividly the experience of 'apple picking'? Point out effective examples of each kind of imagery used. What emotional responses do the images evoke?
2) How does the speaker regard his work? Has he done it well or poorly? Does he find it enjoyable or tedious? Is he dissatisfied with its results?
3) The speaker predicts what he will dream about. Why does he shift to the present tense (18) when he begins describing a dream he has not yet had? How sharply are real experience and dream experience differentiated in the poem?
4) The poet uses the word sleep six times. Does it, through repetition, come to suggest a meaning beyond the purely literal? If so, what attitude does the speaker take toward this second signification? Does he fear it? Does he look forward to it? What does he expect of it?
5) If sleep is symbolic (both literal and metaphorical), other details may also take on additional meaning. If so, how would you interpret (a) the ladder, (b) season of the year, (c) the harvesting, (d) the "pane of glass"? What denotations has the word "Essence"?
6) How does the woodchuck's sleep differ from "just some human sleep"?
A1/2 Poetry Assignment
"Out, Out..." Rachel - S1
The Road Not Taken - Nikita - S27
Love and a Question - Sophia Brown - S27
Never Again Would Birdsong Be the Same - Harmony - 26
Acquainted With the Night - Millan - S1
Oven Bird - Maya - AR Dec 6
Desert Places - Samantha -S25
The Silken Tent - Ian - S1
The Most of It - Nicole - S27
Bereft - Mateusz - AR Jan 8
Mowing - Elena - S26
Design - Daniella - S26
The Gift Outright - Naoum - S2
The Wood Pile - Rangam - S2
Neither Out Far Nor In Deep - William - S2
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things - Salma - AR Dec 6
B4/5 Poetry Assignment
The Road Not Taken - Maria - S27
Acquainted With the Night - Francesca - S26
Never Again Would Birdsong Be the Same - Hallie - S27
The Most of It - Alyssa - S27
Design - Sydney - S25
Bereft - Eva - S1
Oven Bird - Camilo - S26
Love and a Question - Haley - AR Dec 12
Mowing - Michael - S26
The Silken Tent - Emma - S1
"Out, Out..." - Rachel - S1
Desert Places - Kaitlyn - AR Dec. 12
The Gift Outright - Juliette - S4
The Wood Pile - Aileen - S4
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things - Nabiha - S4
Neither Out Far Nor in Deep - Emily - S6
Nothing Gold Can Stay - Alexis - S6
Directive - Colleen and Sandra - S2
I Will Sing You One-O - James and Jonathan - AR Jan 14
Gathering Leaves - Elana - S2
C1/2 Poetry Assignment
The Road Not Taken - Josh - S2
Acquainted With the Night - Jason - S2
Never Again Would Birdsong Be the Same - Cailey - S26
The Most of It - Valeria - AR Dec 10
Design - Abigail - S1
Bereft - Kayleigh - AR Dec 10
Oven Bird - Jake - S26
Love and a Question - Kiran - S1
Mowing - Kiersten - S26
Silken Tent - Katherine - S1
"Out, Out" - Alex - S2
Desert Places - Matthew - S25
The Gift Outright
The Wood Pile
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
Neither Out Far Nor in Deep