The Woodpile Robert Frost Analysis

Robert Frost uses imagery in The Woodpile to show the death of nature and the impact we humans have on it. The use of imagery affects the setting that the speaker is in and causes the reader to see this image of death right from the beginning. The words “frozen”, “snow”, “gray” are examples of nature and color imagery and can be related to winter. A perception of winter is how the days are gloomy and dark and trees have lost their leaves only to look like skeletons and lifeless as there is no color to them. The reader also thinks of how animals have gone into hibernation so the setting is almost dead and quiet. The image left for the reader is one of death as there is no color only grey which is representative loss or emotionless. Then an image