INTEGRATED UNITS #13C:
"A Time to Talk"
By Robert Frost
WHEN a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
"Fire and Ice"
By Robert Frost
SOME say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
"Dust of Snow"
By Robert Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Three Poems from Robert Frost
VOCABULARY
ACTIONS
Calls
Slows
Stand still
Look
Hoed
Shout
Thrust
Plod
Go up
Say
Will end
Taste
To perish = die
Shook down
Saved
Rue / rued = regret, to be sorry
OBJECTS
Road
Hoe
Blade
End-up
Stone wall
In fire
In ice
The dust
BODY
Heart
IDIOMS
I hold those =
I am / agree with those
A change of mood
QUALITIES
Mellow
5 feet tall (hoe)
friendly
desire
twice
hate
great
suffice
the way = the manner, the form
TIME
Time to talk
PEOPLE
The author
A friend
Some (people)
EVENT
Visit
Destruction
NATURE
Hills
Ground
The world
Snow
Hemlock tree
QUESTIONS / EXPRESSIONS
What is it?
ANIMALS
Horse
Crow
What horses do
Meaning walk
POSITION
From
Still
Around
From where
Down on
A part
CONTRACTIONS
Don't = do not
Haven't = have not
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