Robert Frost's Poetry

The Purple Cow (Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.) I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One. What is the main difference between "The Purple Cow" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"? the use of rhyming in "The Purple Cow" the use of iambic pentameter in "The Purple Cow" the use of free verse in "Mending Wall" the use of rhyming in "Mending Wall"

Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: "Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." Now read "The Pasture," also by Robert Frost. I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan't be gone long.—You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I shan't be gone long.—You come too. Which best accounts for the different views of spring expressed in the poems? Frost's opinions changed through time. The poems have different speakers. Frost's speakers represent his own views. The poems were written at different locations.

To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; This excerpt is an example of heroic couplet. free verse. blank verse. common meter.

Which lines from "Mending Wall" indicate that the neighbor is willing to participate in mending the wall? We wear our fingers rough with handling them. Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: To each the boulders that have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!" I let my neighbour know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. What is the main difference between Sandburg's "Fog" and Frost's "Mending Wall"? "Fog" uses everyday language, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Mending Wall" is in a modern format, while "Fog" is not. "Mending Wall" is in free verse, while "Fog" is not.

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." I let my neighbour know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!" We wear our fingers rough with handling them. Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard. What does the phrase "one on a side" mean? The neighbor repairs his side of the wall while the speaker watches. The speaker and the neighbor repair the wall from the same side. The speaker repairs his side of the wall while the neighbor watches. The speaker and the neighbor repair the wall from opposite sides.

Women of Adamant, fair neophytes— Who thirst for such instruction as we give, Attend, while I unfold a parable. The elephant is mightier than Man, Yet Man subdues him. Why? The elephant Is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping her forehead) And Man, whose brain is to the elephant's As Woman's brain to Man's—(that's rule of three),— Conquers the foolish giant of the woods,t Man subdues him. Why? The elephant Is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping her forehead) And Man, whose brain is to the elephant's As Wo As Woman, in her turn, shall conquer Man. This excerpt is an example of heroic couplet. free verse. common meter. blank verse.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where they have left not one stone on a stone, But they would have the rabbit out of hiding, To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean, No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at spring mending-time we find them there. Whom does the speaker blame for the gaps in the wall? himself his neighbor nature and hunters rabbits and dogs

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. What is the main similarity between "Fog" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"? Both use everyday language. Both use iambic pentameter. Both use strict meter. Both use blank verse.

Which practice was common among modernist poets? writing in formal language following strict meter employing traditional forms using experimental techniques