Poem Questions can be handed in on Monday or the day of the final (I'll grade while you write):
#1 - page 1003
#1, and 2 at the top, under "Considerations For Critical Thinking and Writing" and #3, at the bottom, under "Connections to Other Selections" - page 886
Each question will be worth 25 pts.
Don't confuse this with the final!!!
2. Be SURE to check the Fall 2013 Exam Schedule for the date and time of our final. And yes, you will hand write your final essay; it needs to be in blue or black ink, so bring paper and pen.
3. You WILL be able to use your text during your final; however, I strongly urge you to familiarize yourself with the following topics and with Frost's poems, specifically:
885 - "Out, Out--"
884 - "An Old Man's Winter Night"
881 - "After Apple Picking"
887 - "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
"Neither Far Out nor In Deep"
"Birches"
"Mending Wall"
*** "One Acquainted With the Night"
*** "Death of a Hired Man"
4. The next thing you need to do is examine each poem, looking for evidence to support the following topics:
- the "terrifying universe" in Frost's poems
- not a pleasant, picturesque New England, but one that is somber, even frightening, full of death and despair
- the fragility of life
- what does it mean that life is fragile? how does sudden death come and what does it suggest about life, in general?
- loneliness and isolation
- which poems reveal an individual who is isolated, cut off in one way or another from the rest of human, and consequently lonely?
- place and tradition
- which poems rely on setting and tradition or custom that occurs over and over?
- the inevitability of change
- obviously, everything evolves/changes--how does Frost represent this in his poetry?
5. Hopefully, you can look over this and ask me questions
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