Robert Frost Poems
Compare and contrast Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and Birches'.
The poetry of Robert Frost often embraces themes of nature. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and Birches' are not exceptions. Frost shows the relationship between nature and humans in both poems.
In the poem Birches', the narrator sees trees whose branches have been bent by ice storms. However, he favors a vision of branches that are bent as a result of boys swinging on them, just as he did when he was young. Here, he is connecting humans to nature.
Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves/ As the breeze rises" (lines 7-8). This is a spin on the idea that problems and experiences "click" off of people, however, the click is not a snap implying that problems do not break people. Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. This can also be compared to life because many people have problem and frustration. However, they do not break under life's ups and downs. These passages help connect the natural and more permanent structure of the birches to life and mankind. By comparing them to living beings, he shows that life flows through all things.
In Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', the lines The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.' The use of lovely, dark, and deep,' suggests that the narrator's mood at that time. He is having some dark thoughts somewhere in his mind about escaping from the task that he has yet to complete. Here, the description of nature suggests the mood of a person. It therefore shows how nature is being linked to a human.
If one inspects these poems, one can extract a subtle attempt by Frost to express his contempt for the burdens society imposes on the individual and how much people wish to escape from it but yet it is not feasible.
"Birches," is an
The poetry of Robert Frost often embraces themes of nature. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and Birches' are not exceptions. Frost shows the relationship between nature and humans in both poems.
In the poem Birches', the narrator sees trees whose branches have been bent by ice storms. However, he favors a vision of branches that are bent as a result of boys swinging on them, just as he did when he was young. Here, he is connecting humans to nature.
Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves/ As the breeze rises" (lines 7-8). This is a spin on the idea that problems and experiences "click" off of people, however, the click is not a snap implying that problems do not break people. Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. This can also be compared to life because many people have problem and frustration. However, they do not break under life's ups and downs. These passages help connect the natural and more permanent structure of the birches to life and mankind. By comparing them to living beings, he shows that life flows through all things.
In Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', the lines The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.' The use of lovely, dark, and deep,' suggests that the narrator's mood at that time. He is having some dark thoughts somewhere in his mind about escaping from the task that he has yet to complete. Here, the description of nature suggests the mood of a person. It therefore shows how nature is being linked to a human.
If one inspects these poems, one can extract a subtle attempt by Frost to express his contempt for the burdens society imposes on the individual and how much people wish to escape from it but yet it is not feasible.
"Birches," is an