Attitude:  The attitude of the poem is curious and mysterious. The ending shifts to a more peaceful, quiet tone.  

Running bases

could last forever

throw hands in the air

takes long strides

swings the bat hard

looks up to the sky and says

"how about that?"

TPCASST (Attitude)- some of the words that are used to explain the characters emotion were: Bare, No light, Don't you turn back, and never give up!

Lesson- Never give up

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Paraphrasing:

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My life has been long and hard, unlike the easygoing families in the world,

it had difficulties and hardships that hurt me along the way,

there were parts that were made especially for my torture, but I've still been going on,

reaching towards the joy in my life, even if I go into the evil in the world,

I won't go back, I will keep moving forward, so you better too, you better not give up,

because even if you fail, you can keep on going, since not everyone

lives a life filled with leisure.

The attitude of the poem was sad and depressed in the beginning because he felt like he wasnt good at baseball, but in the end he was confident in himself.

This poem 'The Satch' is about African American heritage

TPCASTT: see below

 The attitude of "To Satch" is confident and faithful towards the end, when he knew he was good at baseball, but at the beginning it was depressing and sad, becuase he didn't believe in himself and, he didn't think he was good.

Shift:

I think that the poem shifted at stanza 14 when it said "So boy, don't you turn back" beacause at first the poem talks about the hardships in life and then (starting at stanza 14 it talks about not giving up.

Title Revisited:

The insident where Rosa Parks changed the future for African Americans in Montgomary. 

this poem is about the long and hard struggles of this mother, who is telling her son all about how her life wasn't easy at all and how she had to keep on going forward and telling her son never to stop(sit down on the step).

the attitude is inspiring and helpful

TPCASTT- The attitude for this poem is gloomy and bleak.

Word: Deserted-Meaning: Empty-Meaning in poem: Feeling Lonely

About the author: Robert Bly has published more than 30 books of poetry, essays, and translations. Hes   interest in myth story telling and maditation influence his work.

Attitude: The attitude is kind of demanding, because they are saying to keep going, and even though life gets hard, not to look back.

Attitude: The attitude in this poem is very gloomy at first because it talks about how the street is deserted and how the weather is very cold. But towards the end it is very peaceful because the person in the poem feels at peace mailing a letter late at night in private that they want to wast more time (wasting time might be peaceful for the person in the poem).

Shift-

The mood changed closer towards the end of the poem. The beginning of the last stanza says 

"But I have promises to keep," so there was a change in mood.

Shift

I believe the poem starts to shift when the author said "But I have promises to keep". In the beginning it starts out curious but when they started to shift it became a serious tone saying it had "promises" to keep and "miles" to go before I sleep. I believe it shifted from a curious attitude to a serious attitude

Connotation- I'se been a-climbin on

So boy, don't you give up

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair

Queer- means weird in the story because the horse felt weird and misplaced because it has never seen this place before

farmhouse- means he is in a urban area and in a forest

about the author

Robert Frost (1874-1963) he is one of america's favorite poets he was froma farmhouse in New Hampshire

Paraphrase: stanza 1: I won't get noticed by the owner of these woods because he lives far away.

stanza 2: My stede must think I'm weird for stopping in the middle of the woods in the snow at this time of year.

stanza 3: The only noise is my horse asking if this is a mistake.

stanza 4:Even though I enjoy it here, I must get going for i have a long way to go.

Theme: This poem is telling you to never give up on courage or hope. You never give up because one day you're going to get better than before.

By: Phil W. Petrie

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The author is a freelance writer and is a former book publishing editor. Phil W. Petrie lives in Tennessee and has written many articles for different publications.

PARAPHRASE: The bus driver slammed on the brakes and told the lady (Rosa Parks) to get out of that front seat and go to the back of the bus. But, Rosa Parks, being tired and weary that morning, refused to move when the driver growled at her, yet again. The bus driver grabbed her roughly by the arm and threw her out the bus doors. What Rosa Parks had done got around everywhere, and everyone had heard about it. She sat in the jail cell, crying tears of sadness, yet tears of happiness, too. She was proud of herself because she knew the Lord was satisfied. The tired body that decided to make the choiceshe did  that morning, ended up becoming one of the most famous choices in history. Because of the decision to not give up her seat in the front of the bus to one of the white people, Rosa Parks became one of the most famous faces in Black History. Leaving the world to begin to end segregation.

Life hasn't been all sunshine and rainbow s for me. There has been many obstacles throughout my life. I've been in bad situations, but every time i kept moving forward and I never gave up. Just because your life gets tough, and it seems like there are no solutions you still have to stay strong, move on, and PERSEVERE!

Attitude: The poet seems blissful