POETRY INTRODUCTIONS

Question 1

What is the form of OUT,OUT-?

Answer 1

failed elegy

Question 2

What is the form of THE SUMMER OF LOST RACHEL?

Answer 2

elegy

Question 3

What is the form of BIRCHES?

Answer 3

pastoral lyric

Question 4

What is the form of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN?

Answer 4

lyric with pastoral elements

Question 5

What is the form of INTO MY OWN?

Answer 5

sonnet

Question 6

What is the form of MENDING WALL?

Answer 6

pastoral lyric

Question 7

What is the form of DESERT PLACES?

Answer 7

failed pastoral lyric

Question 8

What form is THE PENINSULA?

Answer 8

pastoral lyric form

Question 9

What is the form of THE BALER?

Answer 9

pastoral lyric form

Question 10

What is the tone of INTO MY OWN?

Answer 10

hopeful yet slightly apprehensive

Question 11

What is the conceit of INTO MY OWN?

Answer 11

Frost explores the anxiety and anticipation at the inevitability of growing up

Question 12

What is the tone of THE CONWAY STEWART?

Answer 12

analytical and descriptive which then becomes emotional in the final six lines

Question 13

What is the conceit of THE CONWAY STEWART?

Answer 13

the pen is a metaphor for the speaker’s departure from his family

Question 14

What is the tone of OUT, OUT-?

Answer 14

indifference, nihilistic and almost callous

Question 15

What is the conceit of OUT,OUT-?

Answer 15

personifying machinery as it is easier to blame inanimate objects rather than ourselves

Question 16

What is the deeper meaning of OUT,OUT-?

Answer 16

1.) traumatic loss is so painful it leads to denial
2.) They didn’t have time to grieve the loss due to the fast-paced life on the farm

Question 17

What is the tone of THE SUMMER OF LOST RACHEL?

Answer 17

first 6 stanzas: disappointment
last 2: acceptance

Question 18

What is the conceit of THE SUMMER OF LOST RACHEL?

Answer 18

the community has lost faith in nature due to the death of a young girl

Question 19

What is the deeper meaning of THE SUMMER OF LOST RACHEL?

Answer 19

1.) trying to find comfort in imagination but struggling to find the right words
2.) we can never go back in time and we must learn to accept the actions that occurred

Question 20

What is the tone of MENDING WALL?

Answer 20

contentment and frustration

Question 21

What is the conceit of MENDING WALL?

Answer 21

the need for connection and separation

Question 22

What is the conceit of THE WIFE’S TALE?

Answer 22

a simple depiction of a farmland and the tasks of a wife who is no more than an observer

Question 23

What is the tone of DESERT PLACES?

Answer 23

isolated, questioning, pessimistic

Question 24

What is the conceit of DESERT PLACES?

Answer 24

using a bleak landscape to express psychological isolation

Question 25

What is the deeper meaning of DESERT PLACES?

Answer 25

1.) Frost's belief in his own insignificance 2.) anxieties can provide/ produce artistic creations

Question 26

What is the tone of THE PENINSULA?

Answer 26

encouraging, hopeful/hopeless, advisory

Question 27

What is the conceit of THE PENINSULA?

Answer 27

the drive to address his writer's block

Question 28

What is the deeper meaning of THE PENINSULA?

Answer 28

1.) ideas don't always come when we want them to and sometimes we have to look further to spark creativity 2.) writer's block is only a phase

Question 29

What is the tone of BIRCHES?

Answer 29

nostalgic

Question 30

What is the conceit of BIRCHES?

Answer 30

tree swinging to Frost is seen as a symbol of childhood freedom

Question 31

What is the deeper meaning of BIRCHES?

Answer 31

1.) adulthood, and bringing the burden of pressure/ expectations 2.) fantasies are sometimes more important than reality

Question 32

What is the tone of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN?

Answer 32

nostalgic, reminiscent

Question 32

What is the conceit of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN?

Answer 32

children's misconception about how telegraph poles work

Question 33

What is the deeper meaning of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN?

Answer 33

1.) power of imagination vs dull reality 2.) importance and value in imagination

Question 34

What is the conceit of PERSONAL HELICON?

Answer 34

exploring the carefree life of a child, how it is full of excitement and discovery of things an adult would find mundane

Question 35

What is the form of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN?

Answer 35

formal verse

Question 36

What is the tone of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN?

Answer 36

indecisive, confusing, light-hearted

Question 37

What is the conceit of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN?

Answer 37

two different paths representing life's choices

Question 38

What is the deeper meaning of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN?

Answer 38

as humans we are always making decisions and looking back on them with regret. However these choices create the interesting stories in which we tell about our lives.

Question 39

What is the form of HAD I NOT BEEN AWAKE?

Answer 39

self elegy

Question 40

What is the conceit of HAD I NOT BEEN AWAKE?

Answer 40

the humming energy of life that surrounds us everyday, but we rarely have cause to notice.

Question 41

What is the form of AQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT?

Answer 41

unconventional sonnet

Question 42

What is the tone of AQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT?

Answer 42

isolated

Question 43

What is the conceit of AQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT?

Answer 43

endlessly walking through the night whilst chasing your thoughts

Question 44

What is the deeper meaning of AQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT?

Answer 44

In attempting to find comfort in his sorrow, Frost soon learns that there is no easy solution when it comes to dealing with grief.

Question 45

What is the form of AFTER APPLE PICKING?

Answer 45

self-elegy with pastoral lyric + poetica elements