The Road Not Taken

Copy and paste this link into anotger window.  Then read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. 

What is your initial response to the poem? 

Imagine you are asked to find a song that would be the soundtrack to this poem?  What music would you use and why? What qualities of the music convey a similar mood or feeling of the poem? Who is the artist and song name?

Add a link in your post to a sample of the music from somewhere in the web. Insert the URL for us to get to the page. 

Poet Poetry Profile

What should be contained in a complete accurate profile on your assigned poet? 

What elements should your poet homepage contain? How should it look?

Swift Things Are Beautiful

Read the following poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth:

Swift Things are Beautiful

Swift things are beautiful:

Swallows and deer, 

And lightning that falls

Bright-veined and clear, 

Rivers and meteors, 

Wind in the wheat, 

The strong-withered horse,

The runner's sure feet.

And slow things are beautiful:

The closing of day, 

The pause of the wave

That curves downward to spray,

The ember that crumbles, 

The opening flower, 

And the ox that moves on

In the quiet of power.

- Elizabeth Coatsworth

What is the speaker describing in the poem?

Compare the first stanza of the poem to the second stanza. 

What literary terms from our list are used in this poem?

How does this poem make the reader feel?

Are there any patterns to this poem? Describe them. 

Poetry

What is poetry? Talk about what poetry means to you, not what teachers have expected you to say what it means, know what I mean? How has poetry been taught to you in past? 

What have been your experiences with poetry in school? 

Do you have a favourite poet(s)?