Thursday, June 30, 2011

A Time to Talk

by Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

12 comments:

  1. Good flow and smooth transitioning...Liked the sound effects :) A&J

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  2. Love the sound effects... We could hear rhythm.. KS, ML

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  3. Great sound effects! MH

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  4. Sound effects were great. Loved the inflections with the corn:-) CJ

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  5. Great emphases on certain words, corn.

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  6. Great inflection and emphasis on certain words, corn.

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  7. I particularly liked the pauses used by Abe. PJ

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  8. Yes...corn, great emphasis! I like the sound effects on Abe! :)

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  9. A clever idea to use the corn for the poem. Quite fitting!

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  10. Corn: Wonderful emphases on certain words. Abe: interesting sound effects. Each voice gave the poem a different feel. H&A&N

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  11. I LOVE the talking corn and the voice for the poem was beautiful, but Abe was really funny because a girl's voice "came out." Does Abe have something to tell us?? -EW

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  12. I liked that you both read your poem.

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