Two Tramps in Mud Time Worksheet

 

Two Tramps in Mud Time – Robert Frost

Avocation- a hobby

Vocation- Occupation

1.       Write the number of the line or lines that support each of the following inferences.

A.      The speaker is suspicious of strangers

B.      He does not normally express his emotions

C.      Chopping wood is a pleasure for him

D.      He is sensitive to seasonal changes

E.       He is aware of nature and its tiniest details

F.       He is proud of his wood-chopping  ability

G.      He feels he should hire the two tramps.

H.      He has a clear understanding of what he wants his life to be like

2.       Who is the speaker of the poem?

3.       List the rhyme scheme of the first stanza

4.       Find two examples of personification

(Write out the lines)

5.       Find an example of alliteration

(Write out the entire line)

6.       Find an example of a hyperbole

(Write out the entire line)

7.       How, according to the speaker, does chopping wood give “a loose to my soul”? (Makes him feel free)

8.       How do the tramps probably earn a living?

9.       How might the two tramps judge other men?

10.   What does the speaker think the tramps want?

11.   Does the speaker give them what they want?  Explain your answer

12.   In line 16, what is the “unimportant wood”

13.   Why do the two tramps make the speaker love his work more?

14.   How do you know that the speaker does not enjoy the outdoors?  Find evidence in the poem to support your answer

15.   Do you agree with the speaker that the tramp’s right was the “better right”?  Explain

Have you ever been in a situation where you did something you didn’t want to do because you didn’t want someone else to replace you/ look better than you?