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Topic and Theme Poetry Day 3

Topic and Theme Poetry Day 3. “Mending Wall”. Topic. The general subject of the poem. A complete sentence that answers the basic questions: Who? What? When? Where? How? Why?. Theme. The life lesson that can be learned from the poem. The overall message. . Fences. What is a fence?

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Topic and Theme Poetry Day 3

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  1. Topic and ThemePoetry Day 3 “Mending Wall”

  2. Topic The general subject of the poem. A complete sentence that answers the basic questions: • Who? • What? • When? • Where? • How? • Why?

  3. Theme The life lesson that can be learned from the poem. The overall message.

  4. Fences • What is a fence? • Why do people put up fences?

  5. “The Mending Wall”Robert Frost If you own a rock wall—and there are many of these in New England spread across fields to mark the boundaries of the land—each spring you need to walk along the wall and replace the stones that the winter ice or rabbit hunters have knocked to the ground. This year, while he lugs the stones, Frost (poet) beings to wonder why he needs the fence at all.

  6. “Mending Wall” • Robert Frost

  7. After Reading Discussion • What are some ways people can put up metaphorical “walls”? • Why do we sometimes try to push people away?

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