General
Name of the poet
Robert Frost
What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
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A metaphor to show an animal in the poem
"Bring the singer, bring the nester"
What was the poet's other job?
A farmer
Name of the poem
To the thawing wind
What is the mood of the poem?
hopeful and anxious.
A simile that describes the author's life.
"like a hermit's crucifix"
Where did the poet live?
In New Hampshire
Theme of the poem
Nature
Spring
Seasons
Change
Desire/want
Hope
Spring time
End of Winter
Inspiration
What is the "Southwester"?
Wind: Sping wind.
Personification: The poet is talking about an object that has a human characteristic (hint: dream)
"Give the buried flowers a dream"
What did the poet really want in the poem?
Spring
Tone in the first 5 lines
Hopeful
What does the metaphor "singer" and "nester" imply?
Birds
Onomatopoeia in the poem
"rattling"
What did the poet tell the southwester to do?
"Bathe my window, make it flow"
"Burst into my narrow stall;
Swing the picture on the wall;
Run the Rattling pages o'ver;
Scatter poems on the floor;
Turn the poet out of dooe"
In what line of the poem is there a tone change
Line 6: "Bathe my window, make it flow"
Which quote in the poem shows that the poet wants to see the soil from under the snow?
"Find the brown beneath the white"
An image that talks about ice melting
"Melt it as the ice will go"
"Melt the glass and leave the sticks."