Essay about Frosts Tuft Of Flowers And Men

What is so important about mending a wall? Robert frost a down to earth, phenomenon has used his supernatural skills to write a poem which may seem to be a simple, ordinary poem, yet what lays hidden behind the veils may be unraveled. That is the spiritual world that you and me may learn to understand the philosophical basis of human nature that provokes the human revolution. Believe it or not this poem was ingeniously devised by Robert Frost to articulately open up a world of ideas that acumen imagination and its complexities. That is what I will be elaborating on in terms of textual evidence.

For example, he indicates that the practice of mending the barrier is futile, when he states the metaphor, "Oh, just another kind of outdoor game…it comes to little more." Another metaphor he used is "Spring is the mischief in me." Mischief here does not refer to anything relative to evil, but to friskiness that attempts to "put a notion in his head." Yet this attempt is in unavailing, and the neighbor continues to repair the wall, and in the simile, "Like an old-stone savage armed", Frost attests that his neighbor has the stride and stubborn ignorance of a caveman. He also uses other devices such as a pun, applied in the line, "And to whom I was like to give offence." The last word of the line simply emphasizes the importance of the subject, the fence. The most prominent figure of speech, however, is the ironic, "Good fences make good neighbors." This is completely opposite of the connotation of the poem. Fences do not make neighbors, but strangers that are apathetic towards each other. The neighbor seems to prefer this approach, to eliminate any risks of trespassing or offenses. Yet what the fence really does is hinder the development of friendship. This is comparable to the barriers of bitterness, anger, hate, and fear men put between one another that obstruct love and

Unearthing the true meaning of Robert Frost’s Mending Wall requires adherence to the ending adage: “Never judge a book by its cover.” This mindset prevents the apparent simplicity of the poem from misleading the reader. Considering the speaker’s lack of perception and ironic self-contradiction, the possible underestimation of his neighbor’s reasoning, and the ambiguous attitude Frost himself conveys suggest the audience should conscientiously avoid accepting the poem at face value. Despite the alluring temptation to accept the persona’s apparent hatred of walls, Mending Wall intricately presents two contradicting opinions regarding man’s necessity for barriers. The paradoxical nature of the poem lies in the fact that both view prove true. The neighbor realizes man simply cannot coexist peacefully without the limitations of boundaries regulating interaction. The speaker voices mankind’s inherent detestation of the restraints imposed by walls and the satisfaction derived from their destruction. Frost leaves the argument deliberately unsettled to acknowledge the coexistence of these views. As a result, the juxtaposition creates the ironic disparity between the poem’s apparently straightforward meaning and the subtler understanding that neither view prevails in reality. (Barry, 110).

During the height of Robert Frost’s popularity, he was a well-loved poet who’s natural- and simple-seeming verse drew people - academics, artists, ordinary people both male and female - together into lecture halls and at poetry readings across the country.1 An eloquent, witty, and, above all else, honest public speaker, Frost’s readings imbued his poetry with a charismatic resonance beyond that of the words on paper, and it is of little surprise that people gathered to listen. Yet it remains somewhat ironic that his poetry would possess this power to bring individuals together - poetry that, for the most part, contains a prevailing theme of alienation, of a sense of separation

     This poem offers a holistic view of a wall and it’s affect on neighbors. This aspect of the poem allows the reader to decide on the need for a wall. Walls serve many purposes in society like boundaries, defense, and offense. But should society as a whole let wall separate itself from one another. So the question still stands do walls or fences really make

In Robert Frost’s narrative poem, “Mending Wall”, the first theme of reclusiveness is revealed through the frustration that the narrator has against the wall that keeps him and his neighbors apart. The poem tells of a story where two characters have a conflicting view of a stone wall that divides them, in which the narrator believes the wall is worthless and wants to tear down the wall but the neighbor adores the wall and insists on keep mending it whenever it crumbles. The wall that exists between them is also known to be fragile proving against the neighbor. Reasons like changes in climate and hunters removing stones for their hunting dogs are

"Mending Wall" seems to present us with a problem, and appears to urge us to choose up sides. I suspect most readers are eager to ally themselves with the speaker, to consider the neighbor dim-witted, block-headed, and generally dull. Such a reading is nicely represented by the following passage from a booklet on Robert Frost put out by Monarch Notes:

In Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”, he illustrates barriers as linking people through, communication, friendship and the sense of security people gain from those barriers. His messages are utilized through systems, for example, symbolism, structure, and humor, uncovering a complex side of the poem and, in addition, accomplishing a general carefree impact. In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” a tightly woven intricate balance of literal and metaphorical meaning is portrayed through themes of isolation, mirroring of social boundaries, use of imagery, eloquent allegorical comparisons and a consistent tone.

The speaker and the neighbor both have their own land, with a set boundary of where it ends. The wall is a product of modern society, which says that land is the property of a certain individual, and that individual is the owner and overseer of that property. In order for society to know what property belongs to the speaker, and what belongs to the neighbor, there must be a barrier to show the definitions of their property.

“Mending Wall” written by Robert Frost seems to take place in a countryside estate. The speaker and his neighbor are fixing a wall together, which separates their properties. “Mending Wall” is a poem that describes the relationship between two neighbors and idea of maintaining barriers. This poem reflects how people make physical barriers and emotional barriers. A barrier is an object that keeps something in or the unwanted out. The speaker wants to know why these barriers are up. “If we make a psycho-analysis of the speaker through the present poem, we came to the conclusion that the neighbour is no one but the inner self of the speaker” (Srivastava 257). “This wall is nothing, but the gap between human-beings on various aspects culturally, economically, and socially” (Srivastava 257). The wall is a basis for the many differences that people in our society have. Throughout this poem, we see the speaker struggle to find a reason for having a wall that is separating him from the neighbor. The speaker is valuing innovation over tradition. Although, the speaker is also a man of tradition he is trying to rebel against the norms that frustrates him. The speaker does not want a relationship with his neighbor.

Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” tells the story of two neighbors who come together yearly to mend the stone wall which divides their property. One neighbor, the narrator, is skeptical of this tradition. He does not understand the need for a wall since neither neighbor has livestock to be contained on their property. However, his neighbor maintains that the wall is crucial to maintaining their relationship claiming that “good fences make good neighbors.” Throughout the poem, the narrator attempts to convince his neighbor otherwise, yet no matter what he says, the neighbor always maintains that “good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator sees the wall as pointless, not seeing a need for the division. Despite his skepticism and criticism towards this tradition, the narrator appears to be more tied to this tradition than his neighbor.

There once lived a fellow named Robert Frost, who was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. In the year 1874, Robert's life began in San Francisco. He lived there for eleven years with his family until his father died. When that happened, Robert, his mother, and little sister all moved to Massachusetts. There, Robert went to high school and graduated top of his class. He went on to complete only one term at Dartmouth College, and after that, two years at Harvard University. After leaving college, Robert worked as a farmer and later as a factory worker for a short time. Next, he taught English at Pinkerton Academy for four years. Mr. Frost’s wrote many poems, one of which is called The Tuft of Flowers, is one of Frost's earlier works. Accordingly, the focus this essay will be analyzing that poem and comparing it with another Robert Frost wrote. There are two parts of this essay, analyzing the first poem using four elements of poetry: theme, imagery, sound, and symbol, and the second part is a comparison of the first another written by Frost, Acquainted with the Night.

‘The Tuft of Flowers’ introduces the themes that dominate much of Frost’s poetry. These themes, developed as the narrative unfolds, include the passage of time, loneliness, communication and the power of the imagination. The use of a first person narrator makes the poem a more immediate and realistic experience; the reader is drawn into the poet’s world and explores the themes ‘as with his aid’.

In the poem of “Mending Wall”, Frost uses sound to enrich and enhances his theme/meaning of the poem. He writes in a soft and harmonious way, almost in a reflective tone. He enriches more his theme of separation/barrier-building to give empathy towards the speaker and the way he asks himself, why is the stonewall still there separating both the speaker and his neighbor. “Before I built a Wall/I’d ask to know/What I was walling in or walling out,/And to whom I was like to give offense.” However, there is the implication that something even deeper is going on and Frost uses a harsh tone for it. When he inscribes a certain type of “dialogue” between the speaker and his neighbor, the neighbor’s response is very harsh and discordant. “My apple trees will never get across/And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him/He only says/Good fences make good neighbors”. With this response the reader can connect with the speaker and see how harsh the speaker’s neighbor response is. Here we can see the theme of this poem is that a respectful distance between neighbors is the recipe for harmonious relationships: ‘Good fences make good neighbors’.

The “Mending Wall,” by Robert Frost, describes a story about two men who come together each spring to walk alongside the wall that separates their farms. When someone builds a wall, they are separating themselves from something or someone and keeping something or someone at a distance. In “Mending Wall,” the narrator of the poem is an outgoing, open-minded person. His neighbor, however, is quite the opposite of him. He is quiet, only comes out once a year in the spring, and sticks to what he knows. While they walk along the wall, they fix the breaks in the wall that the hunters and the winter have made during the past year.