Assignment: Redwall by Brian Jacques

For the next few ..posts... we will be discussing Redwall by Brian Jacques.

Please read it and then answer the questions as they are posted.

Question ?

What is your favorite book of all time?

Give us title and author, a synopsis of the plot, and details WHY you like it.

Robert Frost - part 2

I opened my book of Robert Frost at random, and here's another one to consider.

"Beech"
Where my imaginary line
Bends square in woods, an iron spine
And pile of real rocks have been founded.
And off this corner in the wild,
Where these are driving in and piled
One tree, by being deeply wounded,
Has been impressed as Witness Tree
And made commit to memory
My proof of being not unbounded.
Thus truth's established and borne out,
Though circumstanced with dark and doubt -
Though by a world of doubt surrounded
- The Moodie Forester

which is kind of hard to understand at first read. Read it again, and see what you can see :)

And, how about this one, a bit more fun.. and a lot shorter!

"Sycamore"
Zaccheus he
Did climb the tree
Our Lord to see
- The New England Primer

Tell me which of these two poems you like best and why.

Also - Write one of your own poems in the same style as "Sycamore".

Robert Frost

How about we move on to another poem.

Here is my favorite poem.

"The Armful" by Robert Frost

For every parcel I stoop down to seize
I lose some other off my arms and knees,
and the whole pile is slipping, bottles, buns ...
Extremes too hard to comprehend at once.
Yet nothing I should care to leave behind.

With all I have to hold with hand and mind
And heart, if need be, I will do my best
To keep their building balanced at my breast.
I crouch down to prevent them as they fall;
Then sit down in the middle of them all
I had to drop the armful in the road
And try to stack them in a better load.

What does reading this poem make you feel?

What do you think it means?

Search and look for a poem by Robert Frost that you like and share it with us.