Robert Frost Poems

animal representing temptation, mentioned in Mowing

Snake

the attitude of the speaker in "Mowing" toward his job

Puritan work ethic

personified, whispering scythe, snake = temptation, puritan work ethic = likes work

Mowing

How many rhyming couplets does "Tufts of Flowers" have?

20

the haymaker guides this animal to the flowers in the poem "Tuft of Flowers"

Butterfly

What do men do either together or apart in "Tuft of Flowers"

Together

what month is personified in a poem begging for the sake of the grapes?

October

What does the speaker in "October" want the month to do as winter approaches?

Stay

Tone of "October" after the shift, mentions grapes

Panic

What do the neighbors build in the poem "Mending Wall"

Wall

Rabbits, dogs and this animal are referenced in "Mending Wall"

Cows

adjective used to describe the speaker of "After Apple Picking"

Exhausted

the "pane of glass" that the speaker picks up in "After Apple Picking"

Ice

How would you describe the form of "After Apple Picking" in order for it to represent exhaustion

Inconsistent

What idea does "The Cow in Apple Time" admonish?

Temptation

What fruit does the cow overindulge on?

Apples

Tool mentioned in "Out, Out-"

Buzz Saw

word to describe tone of "Out, Out-"

Detached

What part of the boy's body is cut off by the buzz saw?

Hand

What type of poles does the line-gand set up?

Telephone

"The Line-Gang" discusses this process by weighing both the pros and cons

Industrialization

What type of sonnet is "Acquainted with the Night"? Made up of 4 tercets and 1 couplet

terza rima

What is the meter for "The Last Mowing"

trimeter

What plants must take over first before the trees in "The Last Mowing"

Flowers

What animal's eggs are buried in the sand?

Turtle

What machine does the man yell at after kicking the rails?

Train

How many octets is "Two Tramps in Mud Time"

9

What is the man's hobby and work in "Two Tramps in Mud TIme"

Splitting Wood

How many quatrains in "Desert Place?"

4

What feeling does the poem "Desert Places" talk about when referring to empty space in the desert and in between stars?

Loneliness

What is the meter for "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"

iambic pentameter

Who sleeps in the other person's backyard in "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"

Tramp

What does the tramp have that he refuses to tell his "involuntary host"?

Revalation

How would you describe the fact that the tramps describes himself as poor but is highly educated?

Ironic

What historical event is the poem "Range-Finding" set in?

WW1

Birds, butterflies and this animal are mentioned in "Range-Finding"

Spider

What is the form of "Range-Finding" that includes an octet and a sestet?

italian sonnet

What does the title "Haec Fabula Docet" mean?

the story teaches

What is the reason that La Fontaine carries a cane in "Haec Fabula Docet"?

Blind

How does la Fontaine die at the end of "Haec Fabula Docet"?

Buried

What is the special aspect of "Haec Fabula Docet" that contains the lesson "those who are too proud to accept help are bound for grief"?

moral

How would you describe the form of "October"?

Free Verse

How would you describe the form of "Mending Wall"?

Blank Verse

How would you describe the meter and rhyme scheme of After Apple-Picking"?

Inconsistent

How would you describe the form of "Range-Finding"?

Italian Sonnet

How would you describe the form of "Out, Out-"?

Blank Verse

How would you describe the form of "The Line-Gang"?

Blank Verse

How would you describe the form of "Once by the Pacific"?

English Sonnet

What is the unusual meter found in "The Last Mowing"

Trimeter

How would you describe the form of "Two Tramps in Mud Time" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter as well as having stanzas?

Traditional

How would you describe the form of "Desert Places" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter as well as having stanzas?

Traditional

What is the consistent meter of "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"?

Iambic Tetrameter

How would you describe the form of "Haec Fabula Docet" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter?

Consistent