POETRY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

POETRY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

 

Stopping By Woods

 

1. What happens in the poem?
2. What hints are there that the poem has a dark side?
3. What are some of the poetic devices used by Frost?

 

The Road Not Taken

1. What does the “yellow” wood indicate?
2. How much difference is there really between the two paths?
3. What does the author mean by “way leads on to way?”
4. What does the “sigh” indicate?
5. What do you think the author means by the last two lines?
6. What is the meaning of the title of the poem?
7. Explain at least two levels of meaning of the poem.
8. Discuss the use of symbol in the poem.

 

The New Colossus

 

1.  What is the poem about?
2. Do any lines seem familiar?  Why?
3. What is the message of the poem?

 

The Convergence of the Twain

 

1. What are some of the images in this poem?
2. What is the poet trying to say?

 

Piano

 

1. Discuss the image that Lawrence creates in the first stanza.
2. Why does the poet use the words “insidious” and “betrays” in relationship to the song he hears?
3. What does “my manhood is cast down” mean?

 

Richard Cory

 

1. Describe Richard Cory as other people see him.
2. Describe Richard Cory as he really is.

 

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

 

1. What is the image that Yeats creates in the first stanza?
2. How does the author feel about Innisfree?