The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

1. What is the speaker's dilemma?
2. After reading the poem, was "The Road not Taken" the road that was taken after all?
3. Why does the speaker wish to share his knowledge "with a sigh"?
4. In the final line of the poem, how might Frost be using ambiguity to encourage the audience to question the speaker's intent?
5. What is the significance of the location where the road diverged?

The Raven - By Edgar Allan Poe

1. What is an example of both end rhyme and internal rhyme in the poem?
2. From Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," is the Raven a bad person or a good person?
3. What is a description of the power of Edgar Allan Poe's landscapes in his poem The Raven?
4. In stanza 11 of "The Raven," why does Poe use the phrase "the dirges of his hope"?
5. What is the conflict in "The Raven"?
6. With what internal conflict does the speaker struggle in "The Raven"?
7. What is the narrator hoping the raven can tell him?
8. Who does the speaker say sent the raven? Why, according to the speaker, was he sent?
9. What are the literary traits that show that "The Raven" is a gothic poem?

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1. What is PSL?
2. Why do we call these drinks "seasonal flavours"?
3. Explain - what is the "idea of scarcity"?

Written Response:

Describe some foods from your own culture that are seasonal. Do you think they are more valuable because they are only available sometimes? Does the taste remind you of a special time in the year?