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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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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The structure of Blackberry-picking by Seamus Heaney and Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost is similar in that both poems are written in one stanza (despite the fact the Blackberry-picking is noticeably longer). The lines in each poem do not follow a pattern in term of lengths which could be a representation of life’s unexpected ups and downs. On the other hand Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath is written in three stanzas unlike the other two poems‚ however‚ all three poems have a line which changes
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written by Robert Frost. This essay is very well written‚ put together good‚ and flows smoothly! Good Job! Robert Frost’s Use of Nature In His Poetry In most poetry and literature people can pick out certain characteristics that tend to appear in each piece of the authors work. In the work of Robert Frost he has certain ideas and themes that can be found in many of his creations of literature. Nature is one theme that seems to play a major role in the poetry he writes. He tends to use nature to symbolize
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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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lot of problems. Although some people might say not having a fence wouldn’t affect them all that much‚ but you never know how much having a fence could actually affect your life. From the short story‚ Mending a Wall by Robert Frost you can see how having a fence strengthened his and his neighbors relationship with one another. Many families have fences that will go around their yard‚ maybe they do not really need it‚ but it has always been there. What would happen if it was taken away? I know that
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Compare and contrast the two poems “Stopping by the Woods...” and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both portray how to take decisions in life. In both poems the speaker is in a situation where he has to choose between two paths in life. In the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken”‚ the speaker has to make a big decision in his life. This poem talks about a person who comes across an intersection in the road and he
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Critical response Robert Frost –The Oven Bird This poem contains 14 lines and is written mainly in iambic pentameter with a little variation in some lines. Each line rhymes with some other line‚ but there is no regular rhyme pattern. Nevertheless‚ you can call this poem a sonnet in my opinion‚ because it contains the key features of a sonnet: Iambic pentameter‚ an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines) and a theme linked to nature. As mentioned‚ the base metrical pattern of this poem is
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them. To begin with‚ Frost deliberately arranges his words to show who is more accountable for the accident of boy’s hand getting cut. For instance‚ the reader notices that the saw frequently “bear[s] a load” and thus seems to hold more responsibility for a task than the boy (Frost 8). However‚ it is not until line 15 that the saw takes on the characteristics of a double-edged sword. The author carefully phrases his sentence‚ noting that “the saw…leaped out at the boy’s hand” (Frost 17). Instead of placing
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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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