A Ballad to a Mothers heart

Jose La Villa Tierra

- Comes from Atimonan, Quezon, Philippines
- His Philosophy of education is:
No man is truly educated until he has learned his two Rs which are RIGHT
and (w)Rong.
Ballad
- Considered as the shortest and simplest of the narrative poems. It has a
simple structure and tells of a single incident.
- Variations of this are : love ballads, war ballads, sea ballads, historical
and mythical ballads
- Simple language
- Traditional ballad stanza consists of four lines and has the rhyme scheme
of a-b-c-d
Vocabulary Words
MAIDEN young lady
PLEADED to ask somebody for something
PERSISTENT determined to continue doing something even though people
say that you are doing wrong
GROANED to make a deep sound because you are in pain
FOND liking a person or a thing; liking doing something

The Road not Taken

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet
He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his
command of American colloquial speech
His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the
early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and
philosophical themes.
Vocabulary Words
UNDERGROWTH bushes and ferns growing beneath taller trees in a forest
TRODDEN to walk along a path or step
SIGH to take in and let out a long, loud breath in a way that you are bored
DIVERGE to split and move out in different directions from a single point

 RICHARD CORY
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson
- 1869- 1935
- was born on December 22, 1869
- Head Tide, Maine
- Harvard University
- He described his childhood as stark and unhappy
- His parents, wanted to have a baby girl, they did not name him until he
was six months old.
- People he encountered while growing up in Maine became the inspiration
for the characters in his poems
- He took classes on English, French and Shakespeare
- His real desire is : To get published in one of Harvard Literary Journals
- The death of his father shortened his days in Harvard
- He tried farming and developed a close relationship with his brothers
wife Emma
- Emma rejected the marriage proposal twice
- He went to New York, where he led a precarious existence as an
impoverished poet and cultivated friendships with other writers, editors,
artists and intellectuals.
- The Children of the Night became popular. Kermit, son of the President
Theodore Roosevelt was one of the readers and he recommended it to his
father.
- President Roosevelt gave him a job in the New York Customs Office and
Robinson remained in the job until the president left
- Second phase of his career, Robinson wrote longer Narrative poems that
share concern of his dramatic lyrics and psychological portraiture
- He maintained a solitary life and never married
- He died on New York City on April 6.
- Robinson won the PULITZER PRIZE for poetry 3 times
In 1922, for COLLECTED POEMS
In 1925, for THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE.
In 1928, for TRISTRAM
- His poetry are considered to be stylistic benchmark for English-US
traditional poetry :
Rhymed with basic rhyme schemes
Simple feet and meter
A consciously lyrical, musical in construction
- Many of his longer works are in blank verse
- Robinson was psychological poet of great subtlety.
- His tone is ironic and impersonal
- His poems mingle humour and seriousness
- Best poems focus on peoples inner struggles
- His poems are famous for his use of sonnet and dramatic monologue
VOCABULARY WORDS
PAVEMENT paved surface: the artificially covered surface
IMPERIALLYof, relating to, befitting, excellence
ARRAYED to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire
FLUTTERED state of nervous confusion or excitement
GLITTERED to shine by reflection, spectacular
ADMIRABLY commendable, excellent
GRACE privilege, to confer dignity or honor