Landscapes
Landscapes can be not only physical but inner. These inner landscapes allow an inhabitant to escape from reality in order to reflect on life and allow them to consider a true reason for their existence. These landscapes which enable one to escape and rethink on life are evident in Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening” and Tim Burton’s film “Big Fish”. This film also relates to the idea of a landscape allowing one to consider the reasoning for their existence as well as “Late Ferry” by Robert Gray. These landscapes all inspire the inhabitant to reflect on their own world.
Landscapes allow one to escape and rethink on life. In Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by the woods…” it’s the magnetic force of the forest that draws the inhabitants attention allowing them to find an escape from reality, this landscape allows the persona to feel a sense of belonging. The first line of the poem explores the inhabitant slowly stepping into this new landscape, he states “Whose woods these are I think I know”. The connotations of the word woods is displaying to features of this physical landscape and makes the reader visualize the woods to be dark, sinister, mysterious and tempting. A sense of uncertainty is portrayed in this first line through the use of low modality, but the temptation and mysteriousness of the woods are creating an instant connection between the inhabitant and the physical landscape. The metaphor of “Between the woods and frozen lake” is describing a moment in one’s life and taking the time out to observe your surroundings. The inhabitant is in a completely different landscape where he can take time out to explore his surroundings and he is also building that relationship with nature, his struggle to stop on journey to observe this landscape represents how he truly appreciates nature and its beauty. The auditory imagery of “…harness bells a shake…” is a figure of an alarm signalling waking someone up from a dream. The reality of this sound is
Landscapes allow one to escape and rethink on life. In Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by the woods…” it’s the magnetic force of the forest that draws the inhabitants attention allowing them to find an escape from reality, this landscape allows the persona to feel a sense of belonging. The first line of the poem explores the inhabitant slowly stepping into this new landscape, he states “Whose woods these are I think I know”. The connotations of the word woods is displaying to features of this physical landscape and makes the reader visualize the woods to be dark, sinister, mysterious and tempting. A sense of uncertainty is portrayed in this first line through the use of low modality, but the temptation and mysteriousness of the woods are creating an instant connection between the inhabitant and the physical landscape. The metaphor of “Between the woods and frozen lake” is describing a moment in one’s life and taking the time out to observe your surroundings. The inhabitant is in a completely different landscape where he can take time out to explore his surroundings and he is also building that relationship with nature, his struggle to stop on journey to observe this landscape represents how he truly appreciates nature and its beauty. The auditory imagery of “…harness bells a shake…” is a figure of an alarm signalling waking someone up from a dream. The reality of this sound is