Engl. 102 Poetry Essay

Similarly, Frost also uses descriptive adjectives to portray a significant moment in time, which creates imagery for the reader. In “Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening” Frost uses the rule of three by listing the adjectives “lovely, dark and deep”. This, along with the alliteration in “dark and deep” creates a powerful image of the woods. By doing this, Frost is being metaphorical as the woods themselves represent solidarity and peace “He will not see me here” the personal pronoun “he” meaning society or God. Essentially, Frost is saying that when one steps out of life’s routine, it can be “lovely, dark and deep” which comes across as mysterious and unusual. It could also be said that because the three adjectives used are simple, they can be accessible for anyone to relate to.

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

The main speaker in the poem is obviously a male with the use of “he”. He seems as if he is a slightly insecure with questioning his whereabouts. He also seems like a considerate person who is reflecting on his life. The second speaker is the horse that has a much more simple view in this poem, the horse is super happy to be in the woods and is easily persuaded; it’s almost as if he would give up everything to enter the woods. The central idea of this story is that as beautiful as the woods are, he cannot leave his responsibility or obligations to pursue adventures. The tone in this poem is dreamy and calm and gives off a mystic feeling. Frost writes in iambic rhythm and glorifies the beauty of the words revealing a tone that is majestic, mysterious and slightly saddening as the author is contemplating his lack of time. He achieves this by his descriptive

     Frost?s poem delves deeper into the being and essence of life with his second set of lines. The first line states, ?Her early leaf?s a flower.? After the budding and sprouting, which is the birth of nature, is growth into a flower. This is the moment where noon turns to evening, where childhood turns into maturity, and where spring turns into summer. At this very moment is the ripe and prime age of things. The young flower stands straight up and basks in the sun, the now mature teenager runs playfully in the light, and the day and sunlight peak before descending ever so quickly into dusk. The second line of the second set states, ?But only so an hour,? which makes clear that yet again time is passing by and that a beginning will inevitably have an end.

In the poem, Frost is the narrator and he is speaking to the readers. The issue that Frost discusses is if the world will end in a blazing fire or in freezing ice. Based on the poem, Frost believes he would perish by fire because in verses 3 and 4 he wrote: From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But in verses 5, 6, 7, and 8 Frost wrote: But if it had to perish twice, I think I know

Reflections Within is a non-traditional stanzaic poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four and five are oddly in that their number of lines which are five and nine.

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 impacts on a person depending on 
their mindset at the time. These poems are both made up of simple stanzas and diction but they are not straightforward poems.

There are several likenesses and differences in these poems. They each have their own meaning; each represent a separate thing and each tell a different story. However, they are all indicative of Frost’s love of the outdoors, his true enjoyment of nature and his wistfulness at growing old. He seems to look back at youth with a sad longing.

Frost uses rhymed iambic pentameter, a favorite style of his, to create a steady flow and represent the first manifestations of winter. Iambic pentameter, in terms of style, is about as far as you can get from Mary Oliver’s free verse. As the amount of syllables in a line is constant the Frost much change his pace with much different strategies. He does this by switching from multisyllabic words to monosyllabic words. He does this by stressing words at different points in a line, creating a more hurried pace. He also uses some internal rhymes to the same effect. Mostly, Frost’s poem achieves the same mimicry of winter by focusing on the soundscape of the poem. He uses almost entirely soft vowels and he mostly avoids harsh consonant sounds. This sets up the peaceful, quiet feeling of a new winter The only time that harsh consonants are used is intentionally, when he is referring to the harshness of winter in old age. The stressed rhyme words in this section are “break”, (13) “take”, (17) and “ache”(21). Frost bends a strict poetic form to his will and creates the feeling of a wintry day and makes changes to the internal structure of the lines to vary this

The poem is written in the first person perspective and talks about an experience he felt while walking through an empty field covered in snow. As he states, “All animals are smothered in their lairs” (Frost, 1936, line 6). He takes note that he is the only living creature out and about. He starts to feel a sense of loneliness. He states, “I am to absent spirited to count; the loneliness includes me unawares” (Frost, 1936, line 7-8). Apparently Frost suffers from some type depressive state if he was out walking around trying to find a remedy to his problem. If we take a look environmental stand point, he may be suffering from hypothermia, which could cause an altered mental status in his well-being.

is saying, and Frosts personal pain that he is suffering from that he ingrains into this poem. The

Winter is a time of cold, when forests die and animals hide from the shrieking winds and biting cold. Winter is a time for survival against the odds. How apt that the speaker is struggling against the "lovely, dark and deep" woods to remember that he has "miles to go before [he] sleep[s]." The "easy wind" calls to him, and the "downy flake" beckons him to a comfortable sleep. If the speaker had paused on a bright summer day, the sleep might be just a short rest, but the poem is set on the "darkest evening of the year" while the "woods fill up with snow," and any rest taken in the "lovely, dark and deep" woods would result in the eternal sleep of death (474).

In the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Robert Frost uses imagery to show how he

The first stanza provides the setting of the poem. The speaker was leaning on a gate and he conveys his thoughts and feelings. The whole landscape is barren, it is winter again and it is gray. In these two lines “Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter's dregs made desolate” Frost and Winter are the key characters." Frost” is like a ghost, the first of many things that are dying. This line gives the reader the image of a haunted landscape. It likens the frost and dusk of the day to the spectre of a ghost and this gives the poem foreboding aspect as if the frost is evil and malevolent. “Winter” is like a human character and it is a metaphor for death that made desolate and isolated. The use of the word ‘dregs’ evokes the idea of an unappetizing

Upon reading this poem I was not sure what it was going to be about. Thru my first read I still didn’t really understand what happened during the poem. With the use of older grammar and dialogue I was a little lost and had to read the poem a couple times to really understand what happened in the poem. What a story that Frost told in such a short poem with the setting being on a small country farm in New England. He does a great job of sharing what is going on and the environment. His use of great personification allows and really connects with the readers so they can see what is going to happen next. He gives the saw almost human like emotions, sounds and actions to make the story interesting in explaining what is about to happen to this