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.
Robert Frost has been described as an ordinary man with a deep respect for nature, talking to ordinary people. To what extent do you agree with this view?
In the early 1920s Robert Lee Frost wrote one of his most intriguing poems, “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” in 1922 which was later published in 1923. The poem, simply put, being about a man walking through the woods on a snowy evening admiring the surroundings. However, at a closer look, Frost’s poem is a lot more meaningful than just a story about a patch of snow on some bark, it is a story about nature and isolation. It involves a lot of emotions, themes, symbols, and unique writing styles that make it one of Frost’s most galvanizing
Frost uses a multitude of poetic devices, including metaphors, irony, symbolism, hyperbole, and personification “Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. to vividly reinforce the desolation in the mind and the surroundings of the speaker. The uncertainty of the time in the end is a reflection of the uncertainty in the duration of isolation that the speaker would have to continue to endure. In conclusion, this poem displays the transition into night figuratively as the author experiences a broken heart. I have been one acquainted with the night.” (V,2 ). This is a beautiful and dark poem that describes the somber emotions that an individual endures after a separation. This poem can be relatable to anyone as we all have experienced some type of sorrow. Hopefully after experiencing something of this nature we can see the bright lights after being acquainted with the
Robert Frost was a famous poet and educator born in San Francisco in 1874 who made an impact on the literature known today. After high school, he attended college where he studied literature and poetry. During college, Frost began writing his own poems and in 1894, he had successfully published his first poem. Despite his many accomplishments, Frost faced a major downfall that could not be fulfilled by his success. One might expect that publishing his first poem might be a time of pride and joy, however, Frost was fighting his own battles of depression and mental illness. Frost’s negative aspects in his poems prove as evidence to his use of symbolism, sense of nature, and his mental illness to make fantasies seem as if they are disguised for
Discoveries often require individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a new understanding of the world around them. Examine this statement in relation to your prescribed text and ONE related text. Often, discoveries can demand a re-evaluation of one’s outlook on life. Arguably, the process of reconsidering perspectives is a way
Robert Frost, an American poet known for his depicting the complexity of society and philosophy within his poetry. Professor Cole says that Frost is the scariest poet in U.S. literature and this is something I agree with. However when I mean that Frost is scary, I mean that he frightens his readers with his realistic views of the world. Frost uses his psychological complexity and dark views of the world as his base for his work. America lives on the American Dream which is the model that every United States citizen will have an equal chance to accomplish success and wealth through solid effort, purpose, and ingenuity. Frost’s work shines the light that the theory of American Dream is nonexistent. Frost shows people that not everything is sunshine
In the poem Robert Frost uses his rhyme scheme and rhythm to have the sadness flow throughout the entire poem, as his use of terza rima is used to rhyme his words together.\ He also uses alliteration, as to put a point the words in and have the poem have it deep meaning. The sounds used help give it the sad and lonely vibe its suppose to go off, it also gives the poem a simple reading but in reality it has a much deeper meaning, “But not to call me back or say good-by; And further still at an unearthly height One luminary clock against the sky”as
Robert Frost was one of America’s most influential poets. He won countless awards for his work, including four Pulitzer Prizes. Many of Frost’s writings discuss nature and its effect on man. Two of his poems, “Acquainted with the Night” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” exemplify his frequent use of nature. While both poems are similar in topic and contain similar aspects of nature, the speakers differ on their responsibilities, and views of isolation.
Living in the same town, same house, and going to school with the same people for the beginning half of my life has caused me to fear change. Up until this year I never went to school with people who did not all live in my town. It was a difficult transition coming to college. Even though I may not have been close with many of the people I went to school with; I was comfortable with them. It was these same people however, that caused me to build walls. Over the years I have watched my fellow classmates, and learned that sometimes they are not the most affectionate people. It was easier to build walls and keep things to myself than to share them and have the possibility of being judged. People have a tendency to build walls that separate themselves
Robert Frost was born on March 29, 1874 in the city of San Francisco, California. When Robert’s father, William Prescott Frost Jr, died in 1185 his mother took him and his sister Jeanie to Lawrence, Massachusetts. He later married Elinor White, his co-valedictorian whom he had already fallen in love with in high school. His first poem was published in 1894 but he didn’t earn a living until almost 20 years later. In 1900 he was given a small farm where he worked unsuccessfully for eleven years, making most of his income from teaching. Making a daring move Robert sold the farm and moved to England where he published poems like A Boy’s Will, Storm Fear, Mowing, and the Tuft of Flowers.
Natures Theme “Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.” This quote was taken from Robert Frost and demonstrates his feelings toward nature. Robert Frost is a well known American poet who draws on nature as the subject of his poems. There are three main things that account for Robert Frost’s poetry. In his poems, he uses familiar subjects, like nature, people doing everyday things and simple language to express his thoughts. His poems might be easy to read by some, but not necessarily east to understand. It is not hard to see through his poems, how deeply moved he is by the Earth. In many of Frost’s poems about nature, he recognizes the beauty of nature,
Maria Sapicas Professor Allen LIT 2000 October 21st, 2014 To act, or not to act Poems are one of the oldest forms of literary expression often times including complex themes. The poem “Come in” by Robert Frost is no exception. The poem provides us with his experience going into the woods, which represent death. The theme of the poem is a description of Frost’s encounter with his personal feelings and emotions, in which he uses “the woods” as a symbol to express what he is feeling. In the poem “Come In”, Robert Frost’s symbolism via birds, and light, imagery of the woods, constant use of metaphors and similes, line breaks, rhyme, and overall sad tone, illustrates the darkness of his thoughts, feelings, and general experiences in his desire to
The night symbolized death, and the walk was the person's journey to find their lost life. This poem was somewhat disturbing to me. I thought of a lost soul, thirsting to finish a mission that was not completed in life. Frost depicts death in a frightening manner with the contents of this piece of work.
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words,” Robert Frost once said. As is made fairly obvious by this quote, Frost was an adroit thinker. It seems like he spent much of his life thinking about the little things. He often pondered the meaning and symbolism of things he found in nature. Many readers find Robert Frost’s poems to be straightforward, yet his work contains deeper layers of complexity beneath the surface. These deeper layers of complexity can be clearly seen in his poems “ The Road Not Taken”, “Fire and Ice”, and “Birches”.