Meagan's+Design

Still not to design yet - these are yet more questions (related to the ones we started with on Our Page):

Reading & Making Meaning - Confronting Ambiguity Where do we find "meaning" in a poem? How do we decide a "reading" of a poem is convincing? How do we handle ambiguity in a poem? Do we choose one reading? Accept all readings? Are all readings equal? Where do we find ambiguity in this poem? Why might Frost write an ambiguous poem? (can you relate it to other ambiguous texts, endings, etc?). How do we deal with ambiguity in life?

Reading & Making Meaning - Scholarly Reading What are useful questions to ask yourself as you read and re-read? How is scholarly reading different than everyday reading? What do you note or attend to as you read? What comparisons do you make within the poem? What are you doing in a "close" reading? What might you ask/consider/bring in to expand beyond close reading?

Choice and "the road not taken" What kind of choice is the speaker referring to? How does he make his choice? When you make decisions, can you tell the difference between your options or foresee the consequences of your choice? Do you know when you've made a critical choice? What difference does time make in evaluating your choices? Can you ever know what was on "the road not taken"? How does the speaker know the road is "less traveled"? How do you know a choice is the less traveled one?