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Robert Frost

Robert Frost. The Leading Poet of the USA (1874-1963). Agree or disagree. He was born in England. Robert was a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. At the age of 38 he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England He attended Cambridge University.

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Robert Frost

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  1. Robert Frost

  2. The Leading Poet of the USA (1874-1963)

  3. Agree or disagree • He was born in England. • Robert was a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. • At the age of 38 he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England • He attended Cambridge University. • He died in San Francisco in 1963. • Millions of people all over the world highly esteem and love Frost’s poems.

  4. ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT • I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. • I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry • Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-by; And further still at an unearthly height, One luminary clock against the sky • Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. • I have been one acquainted with the night.

  5. Reconstruct the poem «ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT». • ______________acquainted with the night. I have walked out____________________. I have outwalked _________________. ________________the saddest city lane. • I have passed by_____________________ • And dropped my_____________________. • Use these lines: • - eyes, unwilling to explain. • - I have been one- in rain - and back in rain.- the watchman on his beat- the furthest city light. • - I have looked down

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