 Left college and worked as a farmer, journalist, mill hand and teacher while writing poetry and dreaming of being able to support himself by writing.

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 Left college and worked as a farmer, journalist, mill hand and teacher while writing poetry and dreaming of being able to support himself by writing  After becoming popular, he became the first poet to read his work at a presidential inauguration (JFK)  Used traditional verse forms and conversational language to paint vivid portraits of New England landscape and lifestyle  Poems seem simple but are filled with profound meanings (p. 880) ROBERT FROST

 A young boy using a power saw to cut wood momentarily loses his concentration and severely cuts his hand  The boy loses his hand and his life  The harsh reality of rural life demands that family members go about their chores because farm life must go on even after a senseless death OUT, OUT

 Poems that deal with rural settings PASTORALS

 Verse consisting of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter  Foot- basic unit of measure; usually one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable  Iamb- one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (ex. again)  Iambic pentameter- line containing 5 iambs BLANK VERSE

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