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The Pasture
by Robert Frost
Robert Frost Biography
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I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha'n't be gone long.You come too.
I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young,
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I sha'n't be gone long.You come too.

Questions:
Structure:
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4.

Where do we see repetition in this poem?

What is the rhyme scheme?
What is the rhythm?
How many syllables are in each line?

Meaning:
1. Who is the speaker?
2. Can we find any figurative language?
3. What do you think the poem is about?

Your Turn!

The Rules:
Line 1: ten syllables, beginning Im going out to...
Line 2: ten syllables
Line 3: ten syllables, end rhyme with Line 2
Line 4: I shant be gone longYou come too.
Line 5: ten syllables, beginning Im going out to...
Line 6: ten syllables
Line 7: ten syllables, end rhyme with Line 6
Line 4: I shant be gone longYou come too.

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Im going out to __________________________

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I shant be gone long--You come too.

Im going out to __________________________

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I shant be gone long--You come too.