Questions on Robert Frost Poetry

“The Road Not Taken”
1.  Where does the poem take place? the woods 
2.  What decision does the speaker of the poem face? which path to take
3.  What road does the speaker take?  Cite the line.  
I took the one less traveled by, - 19 
4.  How does the speaker feel about his/her choice? sad that he couldn't take both
5.  Is one path better than another? one thats usually more traveled is more trusted 

“Fire and Ice”
6.  What way does the speaker of the poem choose to perish?  Cite the line. he chooses fire, From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire. 
7.  What might the speaker mean when he/she says that the world will end in fire or ice? that everything will either end in hatred or desire
8.  What emotions are associated with fire and ice in the poem? hatred is ice and desire is fire 
9.  Above the literal level, what might the speaker of the poem be pondering? pondering his death 

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
10.  What is the setting of this poem? a snowy woods
11.  Why does the speaker of the poem stop? stops to watch the woods fill with snow
12.  Why does Frost repeat the last line? to show that he has a long way away from home

“On Looking Up By Chance at the Constellations”
13.  What objects does the speaker examine in the poem? the stars , constellations. Just looking up at the stars 
14.  How does the speaker feel about the planets and stars in relation to his/her own life?  planets and stars have paths that cross in which they come so close they look like they might hit yet they don't, no harm comes to them. it dosent make sense to stay up all night to see if harm will ever come 

“Flower-Gathering”
15.  What is the “gloaming” referenced in the fifth line? he had to leave his love in the morning
16.  How does the person react to the speaker?  Why? she questions his sincerity in their relationship. 
17.  What does Frost tend to focus on in many of his poems?long distance relationship, or distances to go to get home 

“October”
18.  What descriptions does the speaker use to explain October? the leafs have changed and a wind at any moment can take them from us
19.   Besides the month, what else could this poem be discussing? that winter is coming , asking for longer days for their life to be longer 
20.   Apostrophe in literature means “the direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.”  What apostrophe occurs in this poem? tomorrows wind , can mean change of season he is talking to the month of october.