Please take out your Frost packet Literary Characteristics

Please take out your Frost packet & Literary Characteristics pages. TODAY: n Share Frost Imitations n Discuss: “The Road Not Taken, ” “The Wood Pile” & “After Apple. Picking”

Frost Imitations n n Have you marked your own poem, for all literary devices, including rhyme, meter, language, etc. ? Any volunteers to share?

“I’m always saying something that’s just the edge of something more” (Frost).

Packet Notes n n Notetaking Assignment worth 25 points at end of unit. You MUST mark up every assigned poem. Begin when you read it on your own; add to notes in class. 25 = Evidence of original thinking, in addition to poetic devices, rhythm, meter, etc. 20 = What we discuss in class

“The Road Not Taken” This poem has been called the most misunderstood poem in American literature!

Let’s make sure we understand the following, about each poem… Literal meaning Topics Form/format Sound Literary Devices/Figurative Language Themes/Ideas

“The Road Not Taken” Literal meaning:

“The Road Not Taken” Literal meaning: Speaker at crossroads, chooses one. Topics:

“The Road Not Taken” Literal meaning: Speaker at crossroads, chooses one. Topics: N. E. Countryside, Seasons, Commonplace setting Themes/Ideas:

“The Road Not Taken” Literal meaning: Speaker at crossroads, chooses one. Topics: N. E. Countryside, Seasons, Commonplace setting Themes/Ideas: Contrasts and contradictions; refusal to give absolute answers; individual life choices/decision-making; life lived at meeting point of powerful forces

“The Road Not Taken” Form/format:

“The Road Not Taken” Form/format: Lyric poem; Dramatic monologue; punctuation; stanzas; line length (8 -9 syllables per line) Sound:

“The Road Not Taken” Form/format: Lyric poem; Dramatic monologue; punctuation; stanzas; line length Sound: Rhyme scheme (abaab, cdccd, etc. ); rhythm/meter (almost iambic with doublesteps, skips); etc. Literary Devices:

“The Road Not Taken” Form/format: Lyric poem; Dramatic monologue; punctuation; stanzas; line length Sound: Rhyme scheme (abaab, cdccd, etc. ); rhythm/meter (almost iambic with doublesteps, skips); etc. Literary Devices/Figurative Language: no similes/metaphors (except, perhaps, the whole poem)

How does the form connect with the meaning?

n So, which road is the road not taken? n The one he takes, or the one he didn’t take?

Do you agree with Frost that this is a “very tricky” poem?

Main ideas in “The Figure a Poem Makes” n n n “Poetry as merely one more art of having something to say. ” Wildness within restraints “It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ” (like love!) Poetry offers a “clarification of life, ” “a momentary stay against confusion. ” “the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew. ”

“The Wood Pile” (pg. 13)

“The Wood Pile” n Your observations (Add to your notes!) Literal meaning Topics Form/format Sound Literary Devices/Figurative Language Themes/Ideas

“After Apple-Picking” Literal meaning Topics Form/format Sound Literary Devices/Figurative Language Themes/Ideas

Also… n n Note sounds and appeals to the senses Where is the shift in specific to general? Or, Where does it “begin in delight and end in wisdom” Note line length Note Rhyme scheme n How do erratic line length and rhyme scheme effect meaning?

Homework n n Finish “After Apple-Picking” (p. 14) Re-read, Annotate, Interpret Read & Annotate “Home Burial” (p. 18 -19)