Critical Analysis Of Out By Robert Frost

Robert Frost is no exception. From the very first line of the poem Frost uses onomatopoeia, when a writer uses words that are supposed to sound similar to what they are describing (Kirszner and Mandell G8). Frost describes the sounds the chainsaw is making “the buzz saw snarled and rattled” (1). In addition, he repeats this phrase “snarled and rattled” on several other lines throughout the poem. This is another literary technique called repetition. There is a reason Frost uses these two devices, and a reason he uses them together. Using onomatopoeia helps bring the chainsaw to life, and create fear around it. Words like “snarled and rattled” are meant to make the reader feel how evil the chainsaw sounds, and how loud it is. Then, by repeating the phrase it reminds the reader that the chainsaw is still there, almost like it is waiting. Why Frost wants to remind the reader of the saw becomes clear when the boy drops it. The boy forgets about the saw, but the reader does not, so the reader gets an idea of what is going to happen. This is called foreshadowing. He uses it to make the reader start to feel the dread of what is likely going to happen. With this combination of techniques Frost is able to make the reader feel real emotion about to characters, items and events of the

An unknown author once wrote “Never take life too seriously; after all, no one gets out of it alive”. When reading this quote, there can almost be an immediate connection between two very good works of writing: Macbeth’s “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” speech from Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, and the poem “Out, Out --” by Robert Frost. Both allude to the idea that a single life, in its totality, denotes nothing, and eventually, everyone’s candle of life is blown out. However, each poet approaches this idea from opposite perspectives. Frost writes of a young, innocent boy whose life ends suddenly and unexpectedly. His poem is dry and lacks emotion from anyone

"Out, Out," by Robert Frost is a gruesomely graphic and emotional poem about the tragic end of a young boy's life. It is a powerful expression about the fragility of life and the fact that death can come at any time. Death is always devastating, but it is even more so when the victim is just a young boy. The fact that the boy's death came right before he could " Call it a day" (750) leads one to think the tragedy might have been avoided and there by forces the reader to think, "What if." This poem brings the question of mortality to the reader's attention and shows that death has no age limit.

Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out –“ is about a boy who has his arm sawed off during work and asks his sister not to let the doctor amputate his arm, he then realizes he’s lost too much blood and then dies while doctors try to save him. After his death everyone else continues on with their work and lives. Frost uses a lot of end-stopped lines, enjambment, repetition and personification among others in his lines of poetry.

In Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” an overwhelming theme of agony can be sensed as

A Comparison of The death of a hired man and Out, Out- by Robert Frost

The sister prepares the evening meal, making her contribution to the family; and calls on the boy to come and eat. The saw in the boy?s hands was still running and when he took his attention away from his work, and that split second of carelessness cost him an extremity. His instincts raised his arm upward to keep all the blood from spilling out immediately. When he realized what was happening, the boy finally realized he was to young to be doing a man?s work. The boy ?saw all spoiled,? and now knew his whole childhood had vanished and it was impossible to get it back. The boy frantically called out to his sister to make the doctor keep his hand on. The boy?s body must have instantly gone into shock and not felt the absence of the hand. When the doctor arrived he gave him some ether to make him go to sleep. The little boy began to lose his pulse and soon he was a stranger to the world. The people surrounding the boy never expected the loss of his hand to tragically end the little boy?s life. Frost?s almost appalling casual description of death shocks the reader enough to make them think. ?Since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs,? describes the environment of the survivors. They are forced to move on with their life and keep working because they cannot afford to stop and mourn.

Frost begins the poem with vivid, scenic imagery to set the scene in rural New England and describe the constant working nature of the time. The first line of the poem begins by describing a buzz-saw as it “snarled and rattled” (1). The saw is being personified with animalistic qualities to emphasize its aggression as well as describe it as having a mind of its own, since no operator is described as controlling it. However in the second line the saw goes back to a machine-like demeanor as it, “made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood” (2). The saw makes the dust, but drops the logs, it is as if Frost is implying that the saw’s only operation is to convert dust to dust.

Out—Out by Robert Frost was composed both intricately and meticulously; basically, every—single—word, and shift in tone had a distinct purpose. The poem introduced the antagonist, or rather the personified saw, and enveloped the reader with a tranquil and beautiful scene, “five mountain ranges one behind the other under the sunset far into Vermont”. The poem focused on a grown boy, yearning to hastily complete his farm work and leave 30 minutes early—oh, the things that can transpire in half-an-hour! During his haste, the saw "leaped out…, or seemed to leap" and severed his hand, the boy reacted with a "rueful laugh", which signified how ridiculously and easily he lost his hand. There wasn’t much he could do but await the doctor’s arrival;

1. In line 15, Frost describes the saw as being sinister. He infers that the saw has a mind of its own, by stating that the saw jumped out of the boy’s hand and cut the boy’s hand terribly. Frost also makes it seem as if the saw is in a way, like a friend. He does this by demonstrating that using the saw is an advantage for the boy because it is making his job ten times easier. Without the saw, the boy would spend hours cutting through the wood.

The poem, “Out-Out--”, by Robert Frost, is a rather peculiar poem that primarily may be tricky to understand. Nonetheless, it is intriguing and full of key examples of complex poetic terms, vocabulary, and structure. A key part of any literary work, the purpose, can be drawn from Out-Out--, that being to show that death calls to many people at any given time, and that no one dwells on the death of people or cares about others at all, and should.

Robert Frost wrote this poem in 1923. Frost is referencing creation from the perspective of a Christian. The poem is about creation and how creation evolves over time. Frost is an American poet from New England. He was very concerned with the political climate of the twenties. This piece is part of a collection of 20th century poetry.

This poem was written by Robert Frost in 1923, in New Hampshire. He wrote it for political reasons because he was mourning the end of the world. It does not appear as it was origianally written. It was not part of a series or collection. It also does not belong to any particular movement.

Descriptive language is used to describe it “Under the sunset” and “Five mountain ranges”. This makes it seem like a place where you would want to live. The mountain ranges make it seem as though it is a fairly isolated place which you may want to live in as it is quieter and more relaxing than living in a very busy city which contrasts greatly from there. A large part of the poem is the time of day. The phrase “Under the sunset” starts this theme which runs throughout. It also adds to the idyllic scene which is being set for the poem. The saw which the young person is using seems menacing throughout. Frost uses onomatopoeia, personification and repetition to describe the noises which it is making “Rattled and snarled”. The saw could be an intimidating predatorial animal which makes it seem wild and untamed. This also hints as to what is going to happen. As the poem was written at a similar time to the battle of the Somme, it could be in reference to the deadly machine guns which were loudly rattling and snarling as they cut through people’s flesh. The phrase “Rattled and snarled” is repeated three times at the start of the poems, it could be the guns repeatedly

“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more”. Undeniably this bittersweet reference from Shakespeare’s Macbeth that illustrates the image of a wavering candle light that is fragile and brief also brings to mind the spirit of life, which at the same time is also brief in addition to easily snatched away. “Out, out" is a poem by Robert Frost whom tells the tale of a young boy that has lost his life under and unfortunate circumstance. In comparison, “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen depicts a man that has left part of his existence in war. Both poems assert ideas that insinuate