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The Problem With Power

This analysis explores two poignant poems: "The Problem with Power" by Robert Foote and "The Courage That My Mother Had" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Foote presents a moment of compassion for vulnerable life, symbolizing a deep connection with nature and humanity. Millay contrasts tangible heritage with the intangible strength of courage, likening it to an enduring rock. Together, these works evoke themes of love, loss, and the values we inherit and cherish, encouraging readers to reflect on their own life experiences and connections.

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The Problem With Power

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  1. The Problem With Power Poem of the Day

  2. An Interruptionby Robert Foote A boy had stopped his carTo save a turtle in the road;I was not farBehind, and slowed,And stopped to watch as he beganTo shoo it off into the undergrowth—This wild reminder of an ancient past,Lumbering to some Late Triassic bog,Till it was just a rustle in the grass,Till it was gone.I hope I told him with a lookAs I passed by,How I was glad he'd stopped me there,And what I felt for bothOf them, something I tookTo be a kind of love,And of a troubled thoughtI had, for man,Of how we oughtTo let life go on whereAnd when it can. In your Writer’s Notebook, summarize this poem using four vocab words from our current vocab unit.

  3. “The Courage that My Mother Had”by Edna St. Vincent Millay Fill out the “ticket in” on your desk 1. The courage that my mother hadWent with her, and is with her still:Rock from New England quarried;Now granite in a granite hill.5. The golden brooch my mother woreShe left behind for me to wear;I have no thing I treasure more:Yet, it is something I could spare.9. Oh, if instead she'd left to meThe thing she took into the grave!-That courage like a rock, which sheHas no more need of, and I have.

  4. The Balloon Of The Mind Hands, do what you're bid:Bring the balloon of the mindThat bellies and drags in the windInto its narrow shed. William Butler Yeats What is this poem saying about our minds? Quote a line from the poem to support your claim.

  5. CHOOSE THE single clenched fist lifted and ready,Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.Choose:For we meet by one or the other. -- Carl Sandburg

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