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Acquainted with the Night
Which poem?
Life and Times
Poetry Terms
Odds and Ends
100
What is the mood in Acquainted With the Night?
What is lonely and sad
100
"The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh, as he swung toward them holding up the hand"
What is "Out, Out-"
100
Frost enrolled in this Ivy League College in hopes of earning a degree. (He Never Did)
What is Harvard
100
The term used to describe giving human traits to non human objects.
What is personification
100
Frost's writing is often associated with what region?
What is New England
200
What event is described in Acquainted With the Night?
What is walking through the city at night
200
"Good fences make good neighbors"
What is "Mending Wall"
200
Frost lost his wife suddenly as a result of what health event?
What is a heart attack
200
The poetry term used to describe the divisions or sections in a poem
What is stanza
200
Frost was part of the inauguration ceremonies of what president?
Who is John F. Kennedy
300
What person does the narrator pass as he takes his walk?
Who is the watchman
300
"I have looked down a city lane, I have passed by the watchman on his beat"
What is "Acquainted with the Night"
300
Frost moved to this country in 1911 in hopes of making a successful living as a writer.
What is England
300
The poetry term used to describe a comparison between two unlike objects
What is simile
300
This is the overall feeling created by the writer
What is mood
400
What type of weather is described in the poem?
What is rain
400
"When was I ever anything but kind to him?"
What is "The Death of the Hired Man"
400
This location served as a model for many of Frost's poems. (It was a gift from his grandfather)
What is Derry Farm
400
Comparison of two unrelated subjects, without using like or as
What is metaphor
400
How many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?
What is 4
500
What element of the human condition is addressed in Acquainted with the Night?
What is lonliness
500
"I have come after them and made repair, where they have left not one stone on a stone"
What is "Mending Wall"
500
This event forced the Frost's to return to the United States in 1915.
What is World War I
500
The pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters Hint: rhyme _____________
What is rhyme scheme
500
What was Robert Frost's most famous poem?
What is "The Road not Taken"