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    Soto November 27‚ 2012 Walt Whitman and His Strange Obsession With God Walt Whitman was an egotistical‚ self-absorbed‚ wild heretic. “I celebrate myself‚ and sing myself” (Songs of Myself 1). Multiple times in his books and essays he claims to be better than the masses. “I am as bad as the worst‚ but‚ thank God‚ I am as good as the best” (Preface to a Leaves of Grass). Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune (Songs of the Open Road). Walt Whitman is often thought of as an

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    scheme‚ rhythmic pattern‚ meter‚ structural . “Dust of Snow” By Robert Frost published in 1923 New Hampshire Diction: * Crow: symbol for death * Dust: when we die‚ we turn to dust * Hemlock: poisonous‚ also used by witches Dark diction shows he had a bad day. Setting: * Winter- dead season‚ supports dark diction. Snow is cold‚ and it also makes the setting more melancholic. Dark season Contrast and paradoxical nature contributing to a positive result (as we can see

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    Robert Frost analyses the concept of journeys in his poem ‘The Road Not Taken’‚ using allegory as a technique to convey a message of an inner and emotional journey. These journeys are concealed by a physical journey which Frost writes of; one of choosing between two roads in the woods during autumn. Robert Frost explores the difficulty involved in choosing between two ‘roads’ – one of which he must take in order to continue on the journey of life. In ‘The Road Not Taken’‚ he also discusses his emotions

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    Damoui Daniel Yu Writing 30 10 June 2012 Robert Frost’s Conversational Style and Mock-Heroic Tone My portfolio consists of a collection of both heroic and tragic poems that incorporate the blank verse form. These poems imitate Robert Frost’s mock-heroic dialogue and conversational style. Three of these poems in particular‚ “The Boxer”‚ “The Boy In My Dreams‚” and “The Interview” draw from Frederick Turner’s “The Neural Lyre” and Maurice Charney’s “Robert Frost’s Conversational Style‚” in attempting

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    Robert Frost ’s Approach to the Theme of Death Reflected In His Poetry. “All poetry is a reproduction of the tones of actual speech.”(Frost .R. Class Slide2) Throughout Frost ’s poetry it is clear to envisage that Frost himself had experienced great loss. His poem’s take you through some of the stages of grief he had experienced at various points in his life. There is a certain cathartic quality to his poems‚ it is obvious Frost used the medium of creative writing as a release from his grief

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    The main themes of Robert frosts poetry are: Nature and mans interaction with it. Also real people and real struggle; the deeper meanings of everyday life. For this essay I will discuss ’mending wall’‚ ’the road not taken’‚ ’out‚ out-’ and ’provide‚ provide’. Mending wall is about a stone wall separating the speaker’s property from his neighbour’s. In spring‚ the two meet to walk the wall and make any necessary repairs. The speaker sees no reason for the wall to be kept as there are no livestock

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    LITB1 Robert Frost Robert Frost: The Ax-Helve What’s the story? The speaker is in his ‘yard’‚ chopping up some wood with an axe‚ when the swing of his axe is stopped by a man who has crept up behind him. (Normally‚ the only interference he experiences when chopping wood is from the low-lying branches of trees – when he’s chopping in the woods.) The man – Baptiste – is a French-Canadian neighbour. He takes the axe and inspects it. They don’t know each other very well and the speaker seems

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    Robert Lee Frost‚ New England’s cherished poet’s‚ has been called America’s purest classical lyricist and one of the outstanding poets of the twentieth century. He was a modernist poet. During his childhood he thrived in English and Latin classes and discovered a common thread in Theocritus’ and Virgil’s poetry‚ and in the romantic balladry. Frost’s style was influenced by the early romantic poets as we can see the romantic features in his poems and also by the contemporary British poets as Edward

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    A Traveler Chooses Their Path Robert Frost‚ the author of "The Road Not Taken‚" writes about how a person must choose his or her own path in life. Everyone is a traveler‚ who must choose how to live his or her life. This poem demonstrates Robert Frost’s belief that the road a person chooses to follow in their life will define what kind of person they will become‚ and how fulfilling their life will be. He describes the choice as difficult‚ and with consequences. He reminds the reader that their choice

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    How does the poet Robert Frost convey his ideas about life? “Frost’s poetry strikes fire from the reader‚ not the fire of emotion but the fire of realization of a new thought or an old thought newly expressed. “ Robert Frost is a meritus American poet and a four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He is worthy of acclaim because of his insights into human nature. Frost is a Romantic poet who communicates effectively the importance of experiencing nature in order to explore ourselves. The notion

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