When I was choosing a poem‚ I chose five and narrowed it down from there. I chose the poems that had the strongest imagery to me as an artist. When I first read the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay‚ I did not realize that it was by Robert Frost. It’s a short poem‚ but every line holds so much meaning. The poem is about how while moments may seem perfect‚ the time has to move on. When I read the poem‚ I immediately thought of times when I had an amazing day that I wished lasted forever‚ but time can’t
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consequences will take place. Or maybe a man is just wallowing in his sadness‚ as illustrated in Robert Frost’s poem‚ “Acquainted with the Night”. Frost uses negative‚ cloudy‚ dark imagery and universal symbols of sadness to describe the unsettled mind and heart of the speaker. Firstly‚ Frost establishes the principle of the darkness inside of the speaker‚ using the imagery of the first two stanzas. For example‚ Frost links the speaker to the night for the remainder of the poem through the very first line
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road I was going and back the way I come‚ and since I wasn’t satisfied‚ I decided to step off the road and cut me a new path.” By cutting herself a new path‚ she ultimately made the best choice she could. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the main character comes across a diverging road and can’t seem to decide which path to take. In the first stanza he says: “And sorry I could not travel both‚ And be one traveler‚ long I stood.” This shows his uncertainty about which path to choose
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5 Poem Responses Poem Response #1: The Fly by William Blake. Little Fly‚ Thy summer’s play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? For I dance And drink‚ and sing‚ Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death; Then am I A happy fly‚ If I live‚ Or if I die. The Fly is a poem that compares the similarities between a human and a
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Thomas and Frost both write about the experience of unexpected joy. In Edward Thomas’ “Adlestrop” and Robert Frosts’ “The Tuft of Flowers” we read about the speakers experiences of unexpected joy through the poet’s aspects of imagery‚ form‚ language and tone of each of their poems. In Frosts’ poem “The Tuft of Flowers” the speaker‚ at first‚ is musing on the separateness of mankind and the workers. Whilst he muses this he is led by a butterfly to gaze upon a tuft of flowers that has been left by
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of Being Versed in Country Things”‚ by Robert Frost‚ illustrates the scene of a useless barn on abandoned land that nature has unexpectedly welcomed. Through effective use of concealed conceit in combination with personification of the farm elements and the inconsistent rhyme scheme‚ Frost exposes the nostalgic human yearning to control and impose meaning in life and conveys that nature holds more power over the will of mankind. Throughout this piece‚ Frost suggests the power of nature through unexpected
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Michael Midence “Acquainted with the Night”: Robert Frost on Darkness In Robert Frost’s poem "Acquainted with the Night" Frost has left this poem up for many interpretations. The poem begins “I have been one acquainted with the night‚” it means‚ basically‚ that he has met‚ or has some knowledge of‚ the night. It is a neutral way to say something. You’d say you were acquainted with someone if you had met them‚ but weren’t friends with them. We can read that maybe the individual is restless and
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relationship‚ where the influence of another person changes the view of the self or the world. Away by Michael Gow Examines the transformation and journeys taken by the 3 families as they change there perspectives on life. The Road not Taken by Robert frost explores and describes a persona’s choice of journey and illustrates the role of choice in determining the direction of journey within. The future is inevitable it is only with experience that an individual can come to a understanding of any
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Robert Frost’s famous poem‚ The Road Not Taken‚ contains hidden messages that contribute to the reader’s everyday life. The poem revolves around the topic of choice‚ and the permanent effects that decisions have on human life. Human beings are exposed to life-changing decisions every day‚ and are forced to make a choices while being unaware of the outcome. The Road Not Taken suggests that every decision made in life will always have an impact on a person’s future‚ no matter how simple it may seem
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sentence of the next stanza. In relation with the cryptic language draws the question‚ there is a more sinister back drop of loneliness and depression in this poem much deeper than the level of nature orated by the Narator. I. First Stanza A. Frost opens with describing who’s woods we are viewing 1. Does it matter who’s woods B. No one is here. 1. No one will see me C. Watching as the woods fill with snow II. Second Stanza A. My little Horse must think its queer 1. Does the horse think
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