Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- How does the length of this poem support the ideas that Frost presents through the scythe?
- Would the poem be as powerful if the narrator were using a lawnmower instead of doing it by hand with a scythe?
- Why do you think that the flowers are the only thing in the poem given a specific name?
- What significance does the snake have in the poem? What parts of the poem give you your ideas?