. Write your paragraph.

• Insightful topic sentence. Start by stating your interpretation. You might start with something like:                                   In his poem "The Pasture," Robert Frost implies that . . .
• Write a sentence citing a specific detail from the poem that leads you to your interpretation
• Write a sentence or two explaining how that word(ing) leads you to your interpretation
• Write a sentence citing another specific detail from the poem that leads you to your interpretation
• Write two sentences explaining how that word(ing) leads you to your interpretation
• Write a concluding sentence

7 sentences minimum