Poem Questions   Answer Questions on "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost 1)To what myth does this poem allude? Does frost sound as though he believes in the mist, or as though he rejects it?  2) When Frost says, "natures, first green is gold," he is describing how many leaves first appear as tiny, yellow buds and blossom

Poem Questions

Answer Questions on "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

1)To what myth does this poem allude? Does frost sound as though he believes in the mist, or as though he rejects it? 

2) When Frost says, "natures, first green is gold," he is describing how many leaves first appear as tiny, yellow buds and blossom. But what else does this line imply? 

3)What would happen to the poem's meaning if line 6 were omitted? 

Answer Questions  "I, Too" by Langston Hughes

1) who do you imagine to be the speaker of this poem? 

2) What is suggested by the final line? 

Answer Questions 1 and 2 on "Muchos Somos"by Pablo Neruda-

1) In line 26, Reid translates Neruda's phrase "me quedo envidiando l jinete" as "I goggle at the Cowboys." What does Reid gain or lose with that version (In Spanish jinete means horseman or rider but not specifically cowboy, which is vaquero or even thanks to Hollywood-cowboy.) Neruda once told Reed "Alastair, don't just translate my poems. I want you to improve them." Is this line an improvement? 

2) How many men are represented by the speaker of the poem? What seems to be the relationship to one another? 

Answer the Question on Poetry Rhythm at the end of "We Real Cool"by Gwendolyn Brooks

1) Describe the rhythms of this poem. But what techniques are they produced?