world should end‚ what would you decide? Would your choice be to go painfully but fast or slow and painless? That’s what I believe Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice” is meant to express. Although the poem is short‚ it holds a very interesting question to think about. What way would you prefer the world to end? There are two choices. In his poem “Fire and Ice”‚ Robert Frost compares and contrasts the two destructive forces: fire and ice. In the first two lines of the poem he presents two options for
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A Commentary on “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost As the poem opens‚ we see a very formal phrase “something there is”‚ and rather formal diction. However‚ the language is natural in the sense that it does not rhyme. Also‚ we have a sense that there is a tumbling forth of ideas about the things that want to destroy a wall. We see this from the phrases‚ “that sends…and spills…and makes gaps.” Some invisible force exists that doesn’t love a wall. So the speaker is setting the tone and implying
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Hari Jani 2nd Period 10/29/13 Poetry Response The poem “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost is about a person who feels isolated and depressed in their life but thinks everything is alright. The author discloses the isolation and depression the speaker is facing through the use of figurative language and tone. The title of the poem is an important part of the poem because it is repeated in the poem. The use of refrain in the first and last line notifies the
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lonely as it is that loneliness Will be more lonely ere it will be less-- A blanker whiteness of benighted snow With no expression‚ nothing to express. They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars--on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. The poem Desert Places by Robert Frost tells of the narrator’s sad feelings upon observing a snow-covered field. As he speaks‚ it becomes clear that the vast emptiness of
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The most obvious and blatant image in the poem is‚ of course‚ nature. The poem contains the wood pile itself‚ a swamp‚ winter scenery (snow)‚ and birds as well as the narrator’s fascination with communicating with such creatures. The narrator in this poem appears to be exploring nature‚ people‚ etc.‚ and doesn’t seem to have a clear background‚ identity‚ and is certainly not limited in points of view. This poem appears to be able to take on several different meaning‚ like a poetic chameleon. This
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In the poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost‚ the theme is on how different choices can change your future. In stanza 1 he is saying how he could not travel both roads at the same time‚ he needed to pick one. In stanza 2 it is showing how he is choosing on of the paths that to him looks better to him. In stanza 3 it’s saying ow he could travel to other road another day. In stanza 1 he is saying how he could not travel both roads at the same time‚ he needed to pick one. In Lines 2 and 4‚ “And
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My analysis of Robert Frost’s poems‚ “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Kim Rivera Introduction to American Literature 2010 Amy Sloan May 16‚ 2013 Robert Frost is a well-known poet from the twentieth century. He won many awards and his work is very highly regarded today. His two poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” both suggest that the speaker is male. In “The Road Not Taken” he seems to be compelled to make a decision
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Reading the book‚ “Promises I can keep” by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas was very touching because I am also a woman and I can understand parts of their few points. To me it is so weird to see that young women are having kids at a really young age and it usually the woman that are poor. “Half of the poor woman who give birth while unmarried have no high school diploma at the time‚ and nearly a third have not worked at all in the last year” (2). That is really sad to see that young woman start to
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By Shinelle Lam 9 October 2013 The poem‚ “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one that appears rather simple. The speaker is walking through the woods that have been freshly laden in snow. He is admiring the scenery laid before him. Even though he wants to stay and take in more of what he is seeing‚ he keeps his other duties in mind and how much distance there is left for him to fulfill them and mentions there is a choice he has to make which is considered most
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lifestyle holds him back. Some lessons Ponyboy learns is that ‘violence doesn’t solve anything’ and he must ‘stay gold.’ Firstly‚ the main character Ponyboy learns that he must ‘stay gold’. ‘Stay gold’ means staying true to yourself and don’t change. When Johnny was about to die the last words he said were ‘Stay gold’ to Ponyboy. Ponyboy discovers life has an expiration date and that he must stay true to himself and never change just because others are changing and because of peer pressure and he must
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