1. Robert Frost
SPAN OF LIFE

2. The old dog barks backward without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup.

3. The old dog barks backward without getting up./ / / / / / ͝ ͝ ͝ ͝ ͝
The old dog barks backward without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup. / / / / ͝ ͝ ͝ ͝ ͝ ͝

4. PHONETICS: ENGLISH SOUNDS
STOPS
“FLUIDS”
Voiceless Voiced
Bilabial
/p/ park /b/ bark
alveolar
/t/ to /d/ do
velar
/k/ cut /g/ gut
Liquid
alveolar palatial
/l/ load /r/ road
Glides
bilabial palatal
/w/ woo /j/ you
Nasal
bilabial alveolar
/m/ my /n/ no

5. The old dog barks backward without getting up.
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7. The old dog barks backward without getting up.

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15. The old dog barks backward without getting up.

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17. The old dog barks backward without getting up.

18. I can remember when he was a pup.1

19. I can remember when he was a pup.

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21. I can remember when he was a pup.

22. What is Frost doing?
(‘formal’ analysis)

23. Robert Frost
SPAN OF LIFE