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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.

The Man from Snowy River holds plenty of language devices that help capture the mood and setting of the poem. ‘The old man with his hair as white as snow’ makes use of simile to help describe one of the men on a horse. The simile makes the line more interesting and less monotonous by showing what he looks like rather than straight-out telling. The man is made out to be strong and fierce but the similarity of his hair and snow juxtaposes this power as snow is thought to be delicate and beautiful. Another technique is the metaphor “And the stock-horse snuffs the battle with delight.” This hints that the drovers must be prepared for the dangerous job ahead of them, if

The only alliteration that can be found in this poem is in verse 4 when Frost writes “favor fire.” In verses 1 and 2, he writes “some say” which can also be considered an alliteration. An assonance I think I’ve found is “I hold with those who favor” because of the repeating “o” in the words.

What are the rhythm patterns that Frost uses in the poem (include the scansion and technical methods: alliteration, assonance, and consonance)? Frost uses both masculine rhyme and end rhyme. The masculine rhyme is the rhyming sounds that contain only one syllable such as wood, stood, and should. The end rhyme pattern that Frost uses is, A, B, A, A, B C, D, C, C, D E, F, E, E, F and G, H, G, G, H. (Arp & Johnson, 2009). There are lines of this poem that show the alliteration method, two examples are found in line 6-“then took the”, and line 8- “wanted wear” Assonance also

It is written in first person, which is revealed in the first line of the second stanza by the speaker saying, “I see”. There are five lines in each stanza, and there are four complete stanzas. Each stanza follows an ABBAA rhyming pattern. Frost uses personification and imagery in this poem to bring Love and Thought to life as characters rather than simply ideas. Love is personified as a woman, and Thought as a man. This follows the idea that women are stereotyped as being more emotional beings, while men are stereotyped as being more intellectual

The poetic techniques were symbolism, imagery, and tone. Symbolism is the most powerfully used technique due to the fact a good number of lines located in this poem is used to signify a certain object or idea related to our life or today’s world. Imagery in the sense that you can visualize the path, the yellow wood, the undergrowth, the divergence; it is all made very vivid. Frost did this throughout; you know trying to stimulate the reader’s mood using one’s senses. In this poem, imagery permits the reader to imagine the scene that this poem takes place in resulting in an enhanced understanding of the theme. The tone Frost’s work presents is an insecure attitude which allows the theme to be brought out due to the fact the theme relates to a dilemma in one’s life. These techniques strongly aid in the revealing of this specific theme.

In Robert Frost's poem. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” the speaker uses literary devices to show the reader the poem's meaning. Symbolism plays an important role in this poem. Robert Frost uses symbolism to show the correlation between the woods and village with heaven. Mythological symbolism is also found in this poem. when the speaker talks about the lake. it is a reference to Hel in Norse Mythology. The tone of the poem, and Robert Frost's syntax. portray a tranquil yet dark feeling throughout the poem. The observations made exhibit how the speaker views life and death. The personification of the horse shows how the horse is important

Snow here could represent dullness or loneliness. Frost feels that everything or everyone around him are filled with loneliness, no excitement and everything seems to be the same. Line four in the poem says that “But a few weeds and stubble showing last.” Here it tells us that although dullness, emptiness, or loneliness covered almost everything around him, he could still see some life or excitement somewhere in between. Yet this small bits of life and excitement were nothing compared to the overwhelming emptiness. In the next couple of lines, Frost seems to have forgotten all about the weeds and stubble he saw and put his attention back to the empty, snow covered surroundings. He then looks at the woods near the field and that too have been covered in snow. He also mentioned that all the animals are covered in snow in their lairs. These two lines again emphasize how Frost feels. He knows that there are live around him, yet those life are also filled with emptiness. Soon he even realized that not only the surroundings that were filled with loneliness, but Frost himself are also in it as line eight says, “The loneliness includes me unawares.”

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 has a compelling way of writing the poem, in the beginnings of the poem there is a lot of metaphors and descriptions of the setting and the saw and the boy. Once the boy is injured

The poem is a first person narrative, where the author is the speaker. Frost uses words such as “fire” and “ice” to as a metaphor to describe the different manners in which the world will end; through the “fire” of passion or the “ice” of hatred. Frost uses a unique rhyme scheme to help lighten the subject and disguise the conversation as playful. The imagery in the poem helps Frost tell the reader about how he would “hold with those who favor fire. / But if it had to perish twice/… that for the destruction of ice/… would suffice.”

In this poem an unnamed narrator is traveling with his horse through the woods during snowfall. The narrator is mystified by the beauty of the dark snowy woods and would like to ask in its beauty but cannot. “My little horse must think it queer/ To stop without a farmhouse near” (5-6). The narrator is simply taking in the view and ambiance while the horse finds this peculiar. This is not normal to the horse; there is nothing around that it is familiar and he questions his rider’s choice. Although the rider would like to stay in the forest he understands that this is not what he is supposed to do. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep (13 – 15). The narrator enjoys being alone and this is apparent by his description of the woods. Most people would not describe the woods as dark and lovely but instead would describe it solitude and gloomy. Frost uses the words ‘But I have promises to keep’ the audience does not learn what the promise is one can make an assumption. Like mentioned before, one can say that the narrator is regretting the choice not stay in the woods but may have a family to care for. They may already be living in the American dream yet may not find it satisfying but have to uphold

Robert Frost employs figurative language throughout his poem in order to build up a story/movie in the reader’s mind. He uses things like alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification to catch the reader’s attention and make it even more interesting. To begin, Frost explains how he likes to think of the trees being bent because of little boys playing on them. Rather than the reality, “But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay./Ice-storms do that.” (Frost 4-5).

First, in poems, various figurative devices are used to emphasis the meaning and enhance the understanding of a word or a sentence. Similar has been depicted in Robert Frost’s “Birches”. Frost too uses many of such devices in his poem out of which alliteration is one of them. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular letter or sound in a line of the poem. When the reader reads such lines, the reader is forced to slow down his reading pace, and it requires more attention to be paid