"Stopping by the Woods on Snowy Evening" & "Fire and Ice"
Who wrote these poems?
Robert Frost
Who wrote "a pretty how town"?
e.e. cummings
What is the narrator doing?
Shopping
Who wrote "Declaration"?
Tracy K. Smith
Who is the most recently written poem we studied in this unit?
Tracy K. Smith's "Declaration" or "The Garden of Eden"
Who thinks it's strange the man stops in the woods?
The horse he is riding
Who is them main subject of the town?
Where did the narrator come from?
Therapy
Where did the poet pull the lines from?
The Declaration of Independence
Which poet was a college drop out (twice)?
(He probably does hold the record for that.)
What does the man stop to do?
Watch the snow fall
Who does the main character love?
anyone
What does the narrator think is missing?
The Garden of Eden (Purity)
In Declaration what perspective does the narrator provide?
A slaves perspective
What letter does Billy Collins chose to stand for all those harmed in the 911 attacks?
X
Hoe does the narrator prefer to die in "Fire and Ice"?
Fire
Who forgot as the poem goes on?
the children
What does the narrator say the world condemns?
innocence and privacy
What form is "Declaration" written in?
Cento
Which poet won the Pulitzer prize four times?
Robert Frost
That is more than any other poet in history!
How does Frost describe nature differently in both poems?
In "Fire and Ice" nature is destructive and powerful. However, in "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening" nature is peaceful and passive.
What order does the poet list the seasons in the first stanza?
What does the narrator say about the sun?
It is setting on a new dawning Century?
How does "Declaration" relate to the term Wade in the Water?
It is the title of the book Tracy K. Smith published "Declaration" in.
Why did e.e. cummings format r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r the way he did?
To display that sometimes things seem ugly from afar, but up close hold meaning and beauty.