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    essay (at least 3 pages) - Analyze one stanza of the poem‚ focusing on its meaning and on the way the details of the stanza contribute to its meaning. Discuss what this stanza contributes to the poem as a whole. ==========Body of essay========= Robert Frost’s poem‚ "Design‚" is about the hardships of everyday life and the fact that God or some greater being has created nature to work in a coordinated manner from the tiniest insect up to the most powerful of mankind. It also implies that man should

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    In "Tree At My Window‚" Robert Frost addresses a tree growing outside of his bedroom window with these words: "But tree...You have seen me when I slept‚ ... I was taken and swept / And all but lost. / That day she put our heads together‚ / Fate had her imagination about her‚ / Your head so much concerned with outer‚ / Mine with inner‚ weather." In these lines Frost conveys several emotions and themes that infiltrate many of his works. These common themes include darkness‚ nighttime‚ isolation‚ inner

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    Anonymous English 1110.02 Dr. - - Due 19 September‚ 2013 Picking Apples and Existential Crises In Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking”‚ the speaker drifts into sleep after a day’s work. The speaker begins with an opening concerning his apple-picking exploits. Tired after apple-picking for a while‚ he thinks back to the morning‚ whereupon he experiences a sort of dream state. After this‚ he thinks once again on his exhaustion and sleep and the poem ends. On the surface‚ this poem appears

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    perceptions‚ perspectives and contexts. Robert Frost’s early 1910’s suite of poems‚ ‘Tuft of Flowers’‚ ‘Mending Wall’‚ and ‘Home Burial’ explores the progressions and influence of discovery on persona and the responder‚ both negative and positive‚ which are explored through the idea of humanity‚ isolation and solitude. Discoveries are a platform for renewed perceptions which can be fresh and intensely meaningful which can stimulate new ideas which are represented in Roberts Frost’s ‘The Tuft of Flowers’ whereby

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    able identify‚ analyse and evaluate their own perspectives of life. Robert Frost’s post-modernistic writing style and unique use of simple vignette in his pieces “After Apple Picking”‚ “Home Burial” and “Fire and Ice” depict and reflect upon the liminal processes an individual can undertake to come to an understanding‚ which can deliver them to a new understanding‚ ultimately changing their holistic selves and intrinsic mental

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    “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost In this poem the author is talking about two really powerful and potentially destructive forces in the world‚ fire and ice. Both of these are two completely opposite elements. I think that the symbol of fire in Frost’s poem is representing desire‚ and passion. Meanwhile the symbol of ice is used to show hate and destruction. Similarly these elements and the emotions that they represent can be what take us to our breaking points. I believe that Frost is expressing

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    Robert Frost’s poem‚ "Birches‚" points out that at certain times in life‚ it can be good to go back to what was once simple and true‚ like when children swing on the branches of trees. The setting of the poem is winter time and Frost seems like an old man wishing to be back in his youth. This paper will examine Frost’s poem in depth to identify all the literary elements that are used. After the literary elements are identified‚ this paper will show how Frost himself wishes to be a child again

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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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    break down‚ or an accident could occur‚ but one can’t just turn around. After deciding the road traveled‚ turning around just isn’t an option anymore. One way or another the car will find it’s destination. In the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken‚” by Robert Frost the author exemplifies the meaning of life by showing how the smallest decisions can change one’s future. The story takes place during a time before adulthood. A traveler has the option of two different opportunities in life. For a long period

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    The Wind And Window Flower‚ by Robert Frost‚ can be read on both the literal and symbolic level. On one hand this is a story of windy winter day. Of a window flower and a winter breeze. On the other hand‚ this is a story of heartbreak and unrequited love. A story of a man who falls in love with a woman who is to different from himself and has his heart broken when she will not return his love. The story begins with the narrator telling us to forget about our own love and listen to his story of

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