Desert Places

by Robert Frost

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Desert Places Questions and Answers

“Absent-spirited” (7) is coined from the common word absent-minded. What denotations of “spirit” are relevant here?

In the poem "Desert Places" by Robert Frost, who are "They" that can create fear by talking about the emptiness of space, and what are the "desert places" within the speaker that may be compared to the literal emptiness of space?

What symbolism is used in the poem "Desert Places" by Robert Frost?    

In the poem "Desert Places" by Robert Frost, which stanza is most negative? Consider synonyms.

What is the meter, the rhyme scheme and the form of Robert Frost's "Desert Places"?

In the poem "Desert Places," what multiple denotations of the word "benighted" are functional in the poem?

How does snow relate to humanity in "Desert Places"?

Explain the imagery in the poem "Desert Places" by Robert Frost.

How does the type of rhyme (rising or falling) in the last stanza affect the tone and impact of the poem "Desert Places"?

In Robert Frost's poem "Desert Places," what setting and situation are established in lines 1-4? What does the snow affect in these lines and also in lines 5-8 and 9-12?  

What is Robert Frost's attitude in his poem "Desert Places"?

Would you paraphrase the poem of "Desert Places" by Robert Frost stanza by stanza?  

Can you please discuss the poem "Desert Places," by Robert Frost?

Make a critical study of the symbolism in Robert Frost's poem "Desert Places."  

What spiritual crisis did the narrator of "Desert Places" by Robert Frost face?

What different kinds of “desert places” are the most important and most frightening in the poem by Robert Frost?

How does the stanzaic pattern of "Desert Places" organize the progression of the speaker’s thoughts, feelings, and conclusion?

Where are the “Desert Places” in Frost's poem of that title?

Why would Frost choose to write "Desert Places"—a poem about loneliness—when he did? In other words, what was going on with him during this time?

How does "Desert Places" by Robert Frost relate to belonging and what techniqes are used?

What did Robert Frost want to say for us in the poem "Desert Places" and why did he enter the woods?