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Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Integrated skills: Interpreting a poem
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
How much do you know about Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”?
Robert Frost was a famous American ______. He often used _______ scenes to explore deep questions about the human condition.
poet
rural
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
repeated words
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
Which road did the poet take finally and what did he think of his choice? Which lines show his attitude to his choice?
He took the less travelled road even though he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice.
The lines that show his attitude are: “I doubted if I should ever come back.” and “I shall be telling this with a sigh”.
Watch the video and answer the following questions.(P51)
B1
Continuing to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning.
B1 Watch the video and answer the following questions.
(1) What is Robert Frost’s writing style like?
____________________________________________________
(2) When was “The Road Not Taken” first published?
____________________________________________________
(3) What does the image of the two roads stand for?
____________________________________________________
(4) What was the difficult path the poet took?
____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Honest and direct.
In 1915.
Any choice in life.
Watch the video and complete the notes below.(P 51)
B2
Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”
About the poet
Robert Frost was a famous American poet.
He lived from 1874 to (1) _____.
He won (2) _____ Pulitzer Prizes.
He often used rural scenes to explore deep questions about
(3) ____________________.
1963
four
the human condition
Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”
How to understand the poem
When faced with two paths, people have no choice but to make a decision and see what will happen.
Many people assume that the poet encourages the reader to take (6) through life. You can have your own understanding of the poem.
the difficult path
The timeline of events in Robert Burns’s life
1759 Robert Burns was born in Ayrshire, Scotland.
(1) _______ Robert Burns started writing poems.
(2) _______ Robert Burns’s father died.
1786 Robert Burns published his first book of poetry.
(3) _________ Robert Burns began working as a tax collector.
(4) _________ Robert Burns passed away.
Robert Burns is considered to be the national poet of Scotland. Listen to the radio programme introducing Robert Burns and complete the notes below.
1774
1784
1789
1796
Listening （P78）
B1
Poetic achievements
He became famous across the nation after the publication of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
He is regarded as a(5) ______________ of the Romantic movement.
He also collected, revised and adapted(6) __________ from across Scotland into poems.
pioneer
folk songs
B1
Robert Burns’s poetry
“A Red, Red Rose”
It was written in Scots, a language spoken in Scotland, and is full of (1) ______________.
The poet expresses his love by describing melting rocks and (2) ___________________.
In the second half of the radio programme, the host interviews and expert on Robert Burns. Listen to the interview and complete the notes below.
emotion
the sea running dry
B2
“Address to a Haggis”
In it, Burns (3) __________________for this traditional Scottish dish.
It is read when the haggis is served on Burns Night, the evening of (4) ___________________.
expressed his love
25 January
B2
“Auld Lang Syne”
Burns wrote it based on (5) _______________________.
The poem is about friendship and remembering old times.
Singing “Auld Lang Syne” has become an important New Year’s Eve tradition across the(6) _______________ world.
a traditional Scottish song
English-speaking
B2
D
Translating
She has a good grasp of Chinese culture.
He perceived a slight change in her mood, and was curious about what had happened.
Many experts advocate using fewer plastic bags.
We encountered serious problems and had to put an end to/end this project.
We lost the game, and he blamed it on me.
The room has a secret exit that is really hard to detect.
They arrived at a small island far away from the Scottish coast.
This country has undergone enormous changes recently.
This novel is representative of his writing style.
His paintings are characterized by bright colours.
P76
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