Ms. Nakada's NaPoWriMo Blog: Day 9
Our poem for Day 9 is by Robert Frost. Read through the poem 2-3 times (preferably out loud). What feeling/tone do you get from the poem? What is it about? What poetic elements do you notice happening in this poem? Annotate and make sense of this poem. Prompts: Write about the end of the world (I know, dark). From Winter Tangerine : And from Writer's Digest : "W rite a future poem. The future is a never ending well of worry for some. Others harbor a great deal of optimism. Still others see a mixture of awesome flying cars and terrifying robot overlords. Regardless of your outlook, I hope there’s a poem in your very near future. Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt."