Stopping by Woods/Nothing Gold
Stopping by Woods: How does Frost's use of imagery (winter, cold, dark evening) contribute to the mood of the poem?
Frost presents images of winter, thus contributing to the saddened, grieving mood.
Haiku has to have this syllable pattern:
5, 7, 5
Stopping by Woods: What effect does the repetition of the last 2 lines have on the overall poem?
The repetition emphasizes these lines and thus suggests the speaker is trying to reinforce a decision
What kind of verbs have to be used?
present tense
Nothing Gold: What does Frost mean by the line “Her hardest hue to hold”?
Youth is fleeting
What point of view can it NOT use?
1st person
Nothing Gold: What does the color “gold” most likely represent in the poem?
valuable and pure
Haiku must have a ____________ element
Nature or season word
Nothing Gold: In line 6, “Eden” is an allusion to the biblical Garden of Eden. What does Eden represent in this poem?
Innocence
Bonus: Who was one of the creators of Haiku
Basho and Shiki