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 * Students will learn 3 different ways to analyze a poem.
 * They will then follow this link... [|http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-boundless-moment/]  to read //A Boundless Moment// by Robert Frost.
 * After students are familiar with these 3 methods as well as the poem, they will choose one method and analyze Robert Frost's poem.
 * After students are familiar with these 3 methods as well as the poem, they will choose one method and analyze Robert Frost's poem.

Critical Analysis 1) There is only one right response to the text 2) The reader should look only at the text, and not ask why the author wrote this, or what they might have meant. 3) Reader should not become emotionally connected to what they are reading Reader-Response 1) The text is not important until it is read, and then the reader gives it their own meaning. 2) What the author meant is not as important as what the reader feels. 3) The text can have several different interpretations depending on the reader. Psychoanalytical Criticism 1) Look for subconcious meaning in the text 2) Try to identify what represents the Id, Ego, Superego a) Id = The ideal state of peace for a person. They have no needs or worries. b) Ego = The balance or controlling force between the Id and the Superego. This could be considered the "Jiminy Cricket" of the three. c) Superego = Laws of society that we live by, which hold us in place sometimes against our will. Example: I am going to analyse this poem through a Reader-Response method. When I read the poem, I felt a sense of timelessness. The author talks about standing still watching the changes of different seasons pass him by. It seems he has trouble moving on from his past. Whether it was a good past or a bad one, the author seems stuck in limbo, unable to continue on in the new world all around him. At the end he finds a resolution, and is able to move on, but it still seems pretty reluctant.