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• Iambic


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• Trochaic


  /^
• Anapestic


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• Dactylic


  /^^
• Pyrrhic


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• Spondaic


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• Foot


  rhythmical unit; stressed/unstressed
• Meter


  sequence of feet
• Rhyming scheme


  rhythmical patterns
• Poem


  literary text that conveys message
• Theme


  message that poem wants to convey
• Close reading


  examines literary elements
• Structuralist Approach


  considers universal structures reflected in texts; relating text to larger structures (genres, intertextual connections) where conclusions can be made.
• Formalist Approach


  common questions about plot, characters, settings, etc.
• Robert Frost


  known for nature/rural related themed poems
• What did Robert frost win and how many times?

  Pulitzer prize for poetry; 4 times
• jobs of RF and when

  farmer and teacher before pursuing poetry
• first poem of RF

  A Boy's Will
• 3 famous poems of RF

  "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"; "Road not Taken"; "Birches"
• influenced his poems

  farming
• RF dates

  1874-1963
• Feminist Theory


  expose misogynistic views in lit.
• Marxist Theory


  believes the cycle chaos and tension between classes; economy related
• Reader's Response


  Own interpretation of readers
• Cohesion


  sentence level;
• Coherence

  paragraph level
• Transitions


  words/phrases that connect stuff to help create CHS and CHR and flow w/in piece
• 7 transtitions

  • addition
  • conclusion
  • example
  • time/sequence
  • comparison
  • contrast
  • effect