Reading and
Interpreting Poems
Favorite Poems Old and New
selected by Helen Farris
Our first poetry study day-We read 5 poems from our book:
My Family and I
1)The Cupboard-Walter de la Mare
pg. 42
2) Animal Crackers-Christopher Morley pg. 43
3) A Popcorn Song-Nancy Byrd Turner pg. 45
My Almanac
1) White Fields-James Stephens pg. 66
2) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening-Robert Frost pg. 67
Rootbeer's Favorite: White Fields by James Stephens
1. In the wintertime we go
Walking in the fields of snow;
Where there is no grass at all;
Where the top of every wall,
Every fence and every tree,
Is as white as white can be.
2. Pointing out the way we came,
Every one of them the same.
All across the field there be
Prints in silver filigree;
And our mothers always know,
By the footprints in the snow,
Where it is the children go.
His reason for liking it was that he liked how the snow made the footprints easy for mother to find her children.
My long-time Favorite: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Whose woods
these are I think I know.
His house is in the
village though;
He will not see me
stopping here
To watch his woods
fill up with snow.
My little horse must
think it queer
To stop without a
farmhouse near
Between the woods and
frozen lake
The darkest evening
of the year.
He gives his harness
bells a shake
To ask if there is
some mistake.
The only other
sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and
downy flake.
The woods are lovely,
dark and deep.
But I have promises
to keep,
And miles to go
before I sleep,
And miles to go
before I sleep.
My reason is simply this, my older sister used to recite it to me when I
was a little girl-A wonderfully
unforgettable memory!!
