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    Poetic Devices Walt Whitman: Parallel Structure – In “I Hear America Singing” lines 2-8 are the best examples of Parallel Structure. Those of mechanics‚ each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong‚ The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam‚ The mason singing his as he makes ready for work‚ or leaves off work‚ The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat‚ the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck‚ The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench‚ the hatter

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    The poem “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman has many different themes that involve Whitman himself and the nation he lived in. Whitman writes about life and death‚ equality‚ self appreciation and many other ideas. If I had to write the song of myself with my own themes and ideas they would be a relevantly similar to Whitman’s. The first theme I would write in the song of myself would be to live the life you’re given and use all the opportunities you’re provided with wisely. The second theme I would

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    Eulogy -Robert Frost

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    Eulogy – Robert Frost Robert Frost once debated whether the world ended in fire‚ or ice. It is a sad thought that the world will end without him; that the future generations will be privy to such events made for people like Robert. He was an inspirational‚ American poet who questioned the very core of our beliefs‚ he chose paths that few had took‚ and that is why today he is remembered today. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26‚ 1874. His family moved to New England when he was eleven;

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    Robert Frost Imagery

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    Robert Frost wrote an interesting poem entitled‚ "After Apple-Picking." This poem has several fascinating images that cause the reader to wonder what he is really trying to convey. Through this poem‚ Frost could possibly be trying to suggest death. This death might either be of life itself‚ or of writing poetry. There are several times in the poem that he refers to winter‚ and just as spring is a symbol for life‚ winter is the image of death. First‚ he states that the‚ "essence of winter sleep

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    Robert Frost Tone

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    Robert Frost wrote many magnificent works of poetry within his lifetime. Two of his poems that were written within seven years of each other‚ “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ have such remarkable comparisons within each other. Frost plays on many aspects within each‚ while still keeping consistency of themes such as life‚ nature‚ and the emotions of the narrator and how they affect their lives and choices. With the undertone of life being a key component‚ one speaks

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    Robert Frost Influences

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    Robert Frost is extremely important to Modern American literature. Frost evoked a lot of deep discussions in classrooms‚ friend groups‚ teachers and kids alike. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life. He frequently used settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century. He used them to examine social and philosophical themes. He is credited as a major influence upon the development

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    Robert Frost Depression

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    Vincent Van Gogh and David Foster Wallace struggled with deep depression and mental illness all their lives‚ their works and pursuits continuously exacerbating their state of mind‚ until they ultimately decided that suicide was the only option. Robert Frost was also affected by the darkness of depression. But he‚ through his constant communion with the thing he writes so much about‚ was able to overcome it. The poems "Dust of Snow" and "Stopping

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    Robert Frost Allusion

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    Robert Frost makes an allusion to an accident that happened in Vermont back in 1916. He chooses to make an allusion back to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The allusion refers to the queen’s life quickly ending after her chop to her head. She quickly bleeds to death. In "Out‚ Out‚" the boy carelessly drops the buzz saw after being distracted by a time of fulfillment known better as supper. Soon realizing the carelessness of his mistake‚ pleads to his sibling to not allow the doctor to amputate his appendage

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    On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner He is lean and sinewy‚ with muscular He is thinly clothed – he leans forward as he runs With lightly closed fists‚ and arms partially rais’d On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner; (visual imagery). It depicts a professional runner who tries through the flat land on his run‚ but it is also seen that it focuses on the middle or lower class of people made up of common laborers. The "flat land" that he is running across can depict the poet’s birthplace

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    Robert Frost Annotation

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    T – Sorrow‚ Solitude‚ Silence T – In Robert Frost’s frantic poem My November Guest‚ Frost uses personification to the extreme by having the speaker’s melancholy depression take on the form and actions of a lover. Thus begins a sort of personal journey in which the speaker analyzes his reasons for being full of sorrow

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