First Song

by Galway Kinnell

This poem is from his 1960 collection, What a Kingdom It Was . Click here for the text. The text is also in The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Vol 2, p. 382.   

Corn stalk photo from Sunidesus blog, permission pending.

Discussion questions:

What does the title mean?

What is the relationship of the frogs to the boys?

 Does the rhyme scheme (abbcca) distract from or enhance the poem?

Created by Stan Galloway 22 June 2006.  Last updated 22 June 2006.  Contact me at sgallowa@bridgewater.edu