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【StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening】1、Whydidthehorsegivetheharnessbellashake?Itisapersonification.Asthespeakertellsusinthesecondstanza,thehorseshakesitsbelltoremindhimofgoingonhisjourney.Thehorseisverycuriousaboutitsinceitisusedtofollowingaroutinetoreachitspurposeordestination.Thisindicatesthatthespeakeratfirstdoesnotintendtostopbythewoods.Therefore,heisineffectaskinghimselfhismotivationbyimaginingthehorseisquestioning.2、Whycouldn'tthespeakerstaylongerbythewoodstoappreciateitsmysteriousbeauty?Inthelaststanza,thespeakersayshehaspromisestokeep.Itistellingusthereasonwhyhecannotstaylongertoappreciatethebeauty.Therefore,wecaneasilyunderstandthatitissocialresponsibility,personalcommitmentandmissionsthatbringhimbacktotherealworldandforcehimtogoonhisjourney.3、What'stheeffectofrepetitioninthelasttwolinesofthepoem?Fromtherepetitioninthelasttwolines,thespeakerwantstoremindthereaderasimplefactoflife:whateverhappens,onemustgoforwardinthejourneyoflife.Andheisaimedatemphasizingthelongwayonemustcoverbeforetheendoflife.4、Analyzetheformofthispoem.Thispoemconsistsoffourstanzas,eachcontainingfourlinesofiambicmeter.Thefirstthreestanzasrhymeinaaba,whereasthelaststanzarhymesinaconsistentcwhichbringsthepoemtoaharmoniousend.Thelanguageofthepoemissimple.【MendingWall】1、Whatistheattitudeofthespeakerandhisneighbortowardthewall?Apparently,thespeakerandhisneighborholdtotallydifferentviewtowardthewall.Thespeakerbelievesthatthereisnonecessarytobuildawallbecausetheygrowdifferentcropsandthereisnocowinbothyards.However,hisneighborarguesthat“Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors”andthereshouldbeawallbetweenthem.2、Whatdoesthespeakerthinkoftheneighbor’sattitude?Inthespeaker’seyes,hisneighborisastubbornmanwhocouldnotmakechangesaccordingtothecurrentsituations.Bycomparingthetwooppositeattitudes,wecanlearnthattheneighborstandsforthosewhoareunabletoacceptnewthings,whilethespeakeristherepresentativeofthosewhoiswillingtoinnovateandcommunicatewithothers.【TheRoadNotTaken】1、Whydoesthespeakerchoosetheroadlesstraveledby?Inthesecondstanza,thespeakersaysthateitherroadisokandsaysthattheroadlesstraveledbyisgrassyandneedstreading.Wecanlearnthatspeakerchoosestheonelesstraveledbybecausehedoesnotwanttofollowotherpeople'space.Heholdsthebeliefthatitistheroadonechoosesthatmakesthemanwhoheis.Here,thespeakershowshiswillingnesstomakeadifferenceinhislife.2、What’sthespeaker’sinitialresponsetothedivergenceofthetworoads?Fromthefirststanza,thespeakerfeelssorrybecausehecannottrybothatonetime.Therefore,heisreducedintoastateofdilemma.Beforehemakesthefinaldecision,helooksdownonbothroadsasfaraspossible.3、Whatmightthetworoadsstandforonthespeaker’smind?Lifeisajourneyfilledwithchoices.Herethespeakerarrivesatadivergenceoflife.Heusestheroadchosebyaveragepeopletosymbolizeasafeandstraightforwardwaytoreachone’spurpose.Andtheotherroadlesstraveledbyisusedtorepresentarelativelynewandriskymethodtorealizeone'starget.Reachone’spurposeachieveone'sgoalrealizeone'starget