PDF handout of the 32 Powerpoints - Mark Fullmer

6/5/2012Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.5. Subject. This is,simply, the topic of thepoem. What is thispoem about? It is abouta man travelling on asnowy day trying to gethome.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.6. Tone. What is thefeeling or the emotionyou get when you readthe poem? In this poem,the tone might bedescribed as peaceful,calm, philosophical, orcontemplative.Tone is created by themood the author createsthrough imagery and wordchoiceWhose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.7. Theme. What is themessage or the moral ofthe poem? Is it aboutlove? About nature?About friendship? Thispoem’s theme seems tobe about our journeythrough life.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.8. Diction. This, simply,is the formality of thewords that the poetuses. Does the poet usecomplex words orsimple words? Formalwords or slang? In thispoem, the poet usessimple, conversationaldiction.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.9. Syntax. This is theway that the poetarranges the grammarof the sentence. Unliketraditional writing,poets are free to mix upthe word order. This iscalled “poetic license.”Example: Above, it would begrammatically correct to say “Ithink I know whose woods arethese” but the poet changesthe order to make it moreinteresting and memorable.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.10. Imagery. This is,simply, the things yousee in your mind whenyou imagine the poem.All of the highlightedwords create imagery.3