Robert Frost: "Death of the Hired Man" - Read

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• third person objective

- narrative, includes dialogue, plot, characterization, and setting

Question 2

what type of conflict do lines 102-104 of Frost’s The Death of the Hired Man illustrate?
“Poor Silas, so concerned for other folk, And nothing to look backward to with pride, And nothing to look forward to with hope”

Answer 2

Man vs. Society

Question 3

what type of conflict is seen in lines 70-78 of Frost’s The Death of the Hired Man

Answer 3

Man vs. Man

Question 4

How would you break Line 106 of Frost’s The Death of the Hired Man into syllables of iambic pentameter?
Line 106: “Part of a moon was falling down the west”

Answer 4

Part of | a moon | was fal- | ling down | the west

Question 5

almost everything we know about the setting of Frost’s poem The Death of the Hired Man is revealed through dialogue. We learn that the incident takes place on a farm in

Answer 5

line 35

Question 6

who are the three main characters in Frost’s narrative poem The Death of the Hired Man?

Answer 6

Mary, Warren, and Silas