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Robert Frost

Born: March 26, 1874

Died: January 29, 1963


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Born in San Francisco, California

In 1912, Frost and his wife, Elinor, moved to England,

but World War I broke out and the couple moved back

to New Hampshire.

Frost taught on and off at Amherst College. The library

there is named after him.


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In 1924, he

received the first

of four Pulitzer

Prizes for his book

New Hampshire.

In 1961, Frost

spoke at President

John F. Kennedys

inauguration

ceremony. He

read his poem,

The Gift Outright

by memory.

He wrote the

poem, Out, Out,after WWI broke

out in Europe as

an anti-war poem.


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1. What is the authors tone in the poem:

a. happy and light-hearted

b. Sad and sorrowful

c. Matter-of-fact and

nonchalantGive supportive evidence for your

answer.

2. What is this poem about?

3. Who do you think is the narrator?

Who are the characters in the poem?

4. Why do you think the poem is called

Discussion Questions


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Literary Elements found in songs and movies.


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Literary Devices in Poetry

Questions to as you read the poem:

1. What poetic devices can you find in the poem? Use a

different colored highlighter to mark each one you find.

2. What evidence from the poem points to the literary

devices?
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Out, Out

1916Poem in context:

The poem was written during World War I, a time when many

innocent young boys were forced to leave their childhoodbehind and become an adult before their time.

Frost emphasizes the boys passivity and innocence in the

poem. If the boy received an earlier excuse from the workday,

he would have avoided cutting off his hand and would have

been saved from death.

Moreover, a mere half-hour break from his job would have

allowed the boy to regain part of his childhood, if only for a

moment (lines 10-13)


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With that in mind, this poem can be read as a

critique of the world events that forced boys to

leave their childhoods behind and ultimately bedestroyed by circumstances beyond their control.


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Afterthe boys hand is nearly severed, he is still

enough of an adult to realize that he has lost too muchblood to survive (lines 20-23).

He attempts to keep the life from spilling from his

hand, but even that is only an attempt, since nothing

can be done (lines 19-20).

Above all, the boy hopes to maintain his physical

dignity in his death, rather than die with a missing hand

(lines 23-24).

Frost alludes to the horrors already occurring on the

battlefields in Europe, where death from enemy shellswas in no wa di nified or lorious.


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The first twenty-six lines contain elegant

descriptions of the scene, the final eight lines are

detached and unemotional.

The narrators So and No more to build on

there (lines 25 and 30-31) reveal that even the

narrator is unable to find any explanation for whysuch a young boy had to die.


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In the last line of the poem, the

narrator enters a state of completedetachment, almost as if indifference

is the only way to cope with the boys

death (lines 31-32).

Just as soldiers on the battlefield must

ignore the bodies around them andcontinue to fight, the people of this

New England town have nothing to do

but move on with their lives.


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1. What is the authors tone of voice in the poem?

How can you tell?

2. Who are the characters in the poem? Why do you

say this?

3. What is the one thing you would change about the

poem if you could? Why would you make this change?

4. What do you believe the poem is trying to say? Why

do you feel that way?

5. Why do you feel the poem is called Out, Out?

Use evidence from the work to support your response.

Discussion Questions


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Ticket to Leave

1. List the most interesting thing you learned today and

why.

2. What will you tell your parents that you learned today?

3. Give one reason todays lesson may help you in the

future.

4. Write one question that would be good on a test.

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