Response To Robert Frost's Mending Wall

Wesley and I chose the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. This poem is about two neighbors that are divided by a stone wall and in thes scene, they are meeting to repair the wall. One neighbor doesn't understand the need for the wall since there are no animals to fence in and their trees are different. The presentation to our classmates went very well and we were very calm. We were to memorize our intro and try to as little as possible, not look at the poem. The delivery was very well but had some problems such as the rate, nonverbal expression, and eye contact. We went a little faster than we had practiced but still finished with a good time. However, it did cause Wes and I to miss three or four words in the poem. The nonverbal expression, such as our hand hand gestures and stance. I forgot two or three and so did Wes but it still was not that bad. Our posture could have been better between turns when the other person was talking. Finally, eye contact was shown much more than the last performance but still was not enough for me. I personally wanted to look up more while speaking. I knew my poem almost all the way through, I was just scared to mess up. On the other hand we …show more content…
I really liked this poem because it shows how people don't think about what is going on in other people's lives and just wonder why. In the poem the framer just wants the poem down but doesn't understand that there may be something wrong with the other farmer. The performance really showed me that by reading the content a few times through every weekend or every other day does a lot for me. Also, I tend to do better when I present with another person because I feel like I won't fail alone and if I do good then I played a part in helping somebody get a good grade. This performance was important because I learned how I like to present and what I like to