Analytical Analysis Of Frost At Midnight By Samuel Coleridge

Robert Frost accurately captures the conflicted nature of human beings using nature imagery with underlying meanings. In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” Frost depicts a peaceful landscape in order to explain the pull humans experience to both fulfill worldly responsibilities and also follow their own wishes, while in “Neither Out Far nor In Deep” Frost describes human fascination with the the sea, but also notes that humans belong on land, and are unable to truly understand the aspects they admire in the water. In these poems, aspects of the natural world represent human desires that are inherent, while influences due to society symbolize the limitations of humans. In this way, Frost also compares the tension humans feel when caught between civilization and wilderness to the strain caused by the mix of hopelessness and yearning.

In Robert Frost’s poem “To the Thawing Wind,” in the literal sense, he is asking the Southwest wind to come, melt the snow and bring spring, but symbolically he is tired of the winter and wants warm weather. He wants to burst out of his cabin and have a good time, not thinking about poetry. The poet has been confined in his winter cabin and is wanting the wind and rain to melt the snow, so it will change his winter isolation. He has been longing for the “thawing wind” because that is when spring is coming. He is anticipating spring to come because it will bring him inspiration and the freedom needed to be able to do new things and enjoy everything good that comes with this season.

Many works of Romantics have nature embedded in them in order to embrace the wonders of Mother Nature as a result, in Nature, Emerson shows the reader that nature’s beauty is within the observer. “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God..But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with admonishing smile.” Emerson explains how people take nature’s beauty for granted by not paying close enough attention to

Frost’s love of nature is more comprehensive and many-sided. Frost has an equally keen eye for the sensuous and the beautiful in nature, as well as for the harsher and the unpleasant. Thus, it would be a mistake to suppose that Frost is a mere painter of pleasant landscapes. Rather, the bleak, the barren, and the sinister is more characteristic of his nature-painting. Frost is not concerned with nature as such, he is more concerned with the common human activity that goes in her lap as mowing, apple-picking, birch swinging, etc.

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

The speaker of this poem is tired of listening about lectures on things of nature; it makes them feel morally ill. The speaker would rather go out and experience the phenomena of nature, because it is not scientific and statistic, but rather it is beautiful, imaginative, mystical, and intuitive. The true way to understand nature is not by fact filled lectures, but rather by experiencing the beauty of it hands on. It is the only way to get the fully immersed in the imperfect perfections of life.

Philosophers, poets and even the common man are all affected by nature in different ways. The wonders of nature can leave a man breathless and yet full of vigor. Pleasure, peace, and passion are all mental emotions coursing through human bodies as humans take in the mental effects of nature. Emerson himself once said that we must “adopt the peace of nature.” In every part of nature there is beauty. Emerson and Wharton both agreed on the magnificence and comfort of the physical and mental influences of nature. Emerson and Wharton celebrate the transcendental power of the natural world over the material world. The two transcendentalists believe in the artistry and elegance of nature and they both especially love summer afternoons as evidenced in Emerson’s poem “The Humble Bee”.

Robert Frost was noteworthy for the way in which he was able to use symbolism in his poems that deal with nature. Since his poetry about nature does not seem to depict subjects in quite a positive light, he has been criticized for not being as unrealistic as other poets. Frost drew many parallels between nature and his views on humanity and the human mind. Frost wanted to emphasize the relationship a man holds with nature. While we may wish that nature could help us to make decisions and succeed in the world, nature has no mind or will of its own. When we are “one” with nature, we are mentally and socially alone. Frost also wrote about people alone with the wilderness in order to help us understand what he felt may be some probable mental consequences

Children have to be raised and taught to love and grow from hardships of life that will always come through in our world. Nature can show that there is still hope after war and loss. As a rainbow comes out after a storm. Lessons that can be learned from nature are more valuable. As Thoreau says, “ I went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if i could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Thoreau lives through simplicity and through his own doctrines that nature and natural life is the most educational and the only lifestyle needed to survive in this world. He says that he went to the woods to discover what he had not yet lived referencing that there is more to life than what society puts out there. There is a deeper life and deeper meaning than what most people live. Thoreau gives many reasons he chose to live in the woods to find a deeper meaning. He says, “ I wanted to live deep and suck out all of the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life..” Our society can become very overwhelming and in those moments it's important to take some solitude and realize what life is really about. Nature allows us to learn and take in every moment at our own pace. Nature isn’t a test score judging how “smart” or “decent” we

During the 18th century, two great poets; William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge started the Romantic Movement. These two were also good companion and collaborated together to create “Lyrical Ballad”, which was considered one of the greatest works of the Romantic period. Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” and Coleridge’s “Frost at Midnight” are the two major poems of “Lyrical Ballad.” Even though these two poems contain different experiences of the two speakers, the similarities are found in the message of the two poems, the language, the tone and the use of illustrative imagery to fascinate the reader’s visual sense. Upon close consideration and reading of these poems, it becomes clearer that they are basically similar poems.

In a conversation poem titled “Frost at Midnight,” romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge creates a persona of himself who spends the duration of the poem having a one-sided conversation with his newly born baby. The narrator laments his own childhood, but finds solace in knowing that his baby has potential for a better life than he, since the baby will have a nature-centered upbringing. The narrator contrasts constricted and expansive imagery, enumerated and enjambed sentences, and alienated and familiar diction to underline the differences between his own childhood education, which was spent studying books, and the childhood education he hopes his baby will have. The narrator suggests that nature will offer his baby a childhood education superior to his own because nature will teach the baby to be one with the world, allowing him to feel peace and serenity no matter the circumstances.

The beauty of nature is often overlooked and underappreciated in today’s society. The neglect and lack of respect given to such a beautiful creation by members of society is widely reflected in Romantic poetry. The romantic era began in 1798, where writers such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge expressed their opinions and feelings towards nature. Overall such writers typically express a positive outlook on the natural world around them, however some stray the other way. Specifically Coleridge and Wordsworth began to express the feeling of disconnect towards nature. Both writers began to feel as though they could not understand nature and cannot connect with the beauty it gives off as expressed in poems such as “Dejection”, “London 1802”, and “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”. Not only did some of these writers begin to feel a disconnect but a select few also begin to feel as though people are disrespecting the balance of nature and are trying to disrupt the balance and manipulate it. Writers such as Mary Shelley, author of the novel Frankenstein, expresses the concern of people taking the laws of nature and twisting them. Writers and people living during this time period not only express an appreciation for nature but also the truth about the human relationship with nature. The relationship between humans and nature is on of mistreatment.

As time goes on, society becomes more and more disconnected from nature. With each year that passes new gadgets are put onto the market. Technology has recently released a device known as a virtual reality headset. This is for those who want to see the world without actually taking a step outside. Technology has become the forefront of people’s lives. In his eye opening poem, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowing Evening”, Robert Frost addresses the idea that nature is a blessing that should be appreciated, not ignored, and seen for its true beauty. In order to convey the meaning of his poem, Frost includes elements such as relaxing language, vivid imagery, and an appreciative tone.

With the formation of a “rare device”, symbolizing his masterpiece of poetry, Coleridge acknowledges that poetry forms through the combination of nature and human perception. In the end, Coleridge demands the readers to “beware” (49, p.1634) of the power of the inspired poet, who recreates his own “sunny dome” (47, p.1634) in the protection of a “circle round him thrice” (51, p.1634). The energy from nature is eventually transferred to the poet, the poet to use his imagination to create his own “Paradise” (54, p.1634), which resembles Xanadu of Kubla Khan. Through the metaphors developing in the poem, Coleridge pieces together the process a Romantic poet creates a poem from the inspiration of a nature scene.

Poets use many ways when they want to communicate something using poems. Poems are used as a means of passing ideas, information and expression of feelings. This has made the poets to use the natural things and images that people can relate with so that they can make these poems understandable. The most common forms of writing that are used by the poets are the figurative language for example imagery and metaphors. In addition, the poets use the natural landscape in their attempt to explore the philosophical questions. Therefore, this essay will explore the forms that have been used by the poets in writing poems using the natural landscape. The essay will be based on poems such as ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by