Kiara Houston Ms. Stopka English 1H‚ per 5 1/21/14 Poem Analysis/ “The Road Not Taken” In “The Road Not Taken‚” Robert Frost gives his readers a speaker standing at a “fork” in the road- or having to make a decision. Robert Frost uses extended metaphor‚ irony‚ and an unreliable narrator to show his reader’s that‚ when choosing life courses‚ one must consider where the path is actually going verses from how it may appear. Decisions fill the lives of human beings‚ and this speaker faces the
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alone at night‚ for some‚ can seem like a peaceful thing to do‚ to help clear a person’s mind and let the day’s troubles disappear into the dark. For others‚ though‚ the night is when a person feels the most alone and must face their own demons. Robert Frost makes the night become that dark‚ grim and depressing time in which people reflect on themselves in his poem “Acquainted with the Night”. The first time reading the poem‚ one just simply thinks a person is taking a walk at night in the city‚ keeping
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Cheyenne Johnson August 22‚ 2013 Poem Analysis “‘Out‚ Out-‚’ ‘’ by Robert Frost My emotions toward this poem are depressed‚ forlorn‚ and melancholy. In “’Out‚ Out-‚’”‚ a young boy is at work about to go to dinner when suddenly the saw cuts off his hand. A boy his age shouldn’t have to die doing a man’s job. Work back then had unimaginable conditions that made you want to cry. The line that struck out at me the most was “Don’t let him cut my hand off- The‚ When he comes. Don’t let him sister
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describe Frost’s views on things that are much larger and more universal. He suggests that everything has its own design‚ even things as small as spiders. I believe that this poem is about fate. Frost describes the spider at first as being light-colored and pure. From the very first line‚ the spider in Robert Frost’s Design is quite unusual. A white spider is something most people don’t see everyday. While reading the poem one wonders if the intense irony of the all white flower‚ moth and spider is
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The story unfolds during the poem‚ of the young farm boy having his hand severed by a wood saw‚ came from a newspaper article that frost read.However‚ being a poet‚ frost does not simply reproduce the details of the article as a narrative.He carefully selects the details to use and the ones to omit so that his poem‚based on the factual‚unemotional newspaper report of one particular farm boy’s tragic death becomes a poem exploring the fragility of life‚its apparent cheapness and the constant presence
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On ‘Acquainted with the Night’ ‘Acquainted with the Night’ by Robert Frost is the kind of poem I would read if I were up late at night‚ feeling disconnected from my friends and family. It has a sort of comforting eeriness‚ the kind that could lull you to sleep‚ yet keep you up thinking for hours. It makes me feel detached and lonesome‚ but still at rest. Robert Frost’s imagery like “I have outwalked the furthest city light” and “one luminary clock against the sky” gives the reader a calm but
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“Nothing Gold Can Stay” Robert Frost desires his poetry to “begin in delight and end in wisdom.” He achieves this as seen in “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚” using metaphors‚ soft alliterations and wise biblical allusions showing that everything beautiful and young comes to an end. The Poem begins with metaphors which make comparisons to the beauty of youth. “Natures first green is gold‚” compares the precious beauty of first stages to the priceless value of gold. “Her early leaf’s a flower‚” demonstrates
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project I chose to write about Stephen King‚ Winslow Homer‚ and Robert Frost. I chose these men because their styles are unique‚ also all three men are very widely known. In Stephen King’s book Carrie the main character had no control over her isolation. Her classmates and mother had all of the control. Whereas in The Shining Danny had complete control over his isolation. He chose not to tell his parents about his gift. In Robert Frost’s poem The Lockless Door the man in the poem was in control
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for a fairy tale ending and some may crave a life of adventure. Traveling across strange lands and seeing new discoveries. A story that has been a favorite by many and has relevance to their life is the poem titled Nature’s First Green is Gold by Robert Frost. The author writes about how good things in life do not last for very long. Some of which can include jobs‚ school‚ awards and even relationships. People in today’s society are forgetting how to take opportunities when they are present. On the
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Robert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with 
his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". These two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in the snow covered woods and awakens us to new feelings. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally different
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