Tone, Theme, and Symbolism in Boy at the Window” by Richard Wilbur

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

“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins takes a whimsical approach to discuss the act of reading and understanding poetry. This poem serves as an outlet for Collins to express the ways he wishes his students would read poetry, as well as voice his frustration for his student’s narrow view of poetry. The descriptive method Collins takes suggests that to pursue an interest in poetry can be enjoyable but involves a treacherous journey to find the true meaning. Still, not all students are interested in undertaking the trek towards knowledge and will make efforts to take a shortcut. Collins use of similes and metaphors and imagery throughout the poem brings readers along on a journey to experience the same feelings as he does.

In order to appreciate a poem properly, care must be taken to analyze and understand many different facets of the work. Poems are often very complex and require a great deal of thought in order to arrive at the intended meaning. At the very least, three particular items of information must be uncovered during the reading of poetry. An experienced reader of poetry will always determine the identity of the speaker, the occasion of the speech, and the central idea of the poem.

Over all, the poem helps imagine a possible student siting in a desk, reading a poem, and pulling his/ her hair out. Also the poem’s sound seems to be rushed. Together with the tone, it makes the poem sound like an angry student speaking very fast as to why he/she hates poetry. The rhythm seems to be regular. It shows to have a regular beat of unstress and distress. Each line follows a beat, but the lines don’t rhyme. The poem seems to show a few figures of speech. “Has difficulty retaining such things as addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables” meaning has a hard time understanding the poem more than math (Collins). “May recognize a word one day and not the next” means the reader would have a hard time remembering the overall meaning od a poem and its means (Collins). Also it would mean that the reader was very annoyed that he/she forgot everything about the

In today's modern world, the use of poetry to communicate and express oneself has become quite rare. One of the main reasons is due to the fact that with such an old style of writing, it is very often hard to understand properly. poetry is indeed difficult to read and hard to understand, but given time, it is a rewarding challenge. Poetry is not only written verse but is used in songs as well. Taken the time to listen to the words of modern songs, you will realise that the lyrics of the song are actually a poem linking modern day music to poetry.

In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by

War has changed many people 's lives, including Richard Wilbur. Richard is a poet who was in the U.S. army in World War II. According to the Poetry Foundation, the war influenced his poetry. He was born in 1912 in New York City and won the Pulitzer Prize two times and won many other awards, such as the Wallace Stevens award. One poem Richard Wilbur wrote was “Boy at the Window”. This poem is about a boy looking out a window at a snowman, but the young boy does not quite understand why the snowman has to suffer out in the cold. The theme of the poem is as one grows older they will start to understand the world more. This relates to Richard’s experience in the war. Richard was young when he went into the war and he had many fears that he could not understand before going into the war. In the poem, “Boy at the Window”, by Richard Wilbur, he shows a central idea of misunderstanding which shows the theme of as one grows older they will start to understand the world more by the context, literary devices, and mood in the poem.

Richard Wilbur, while still living, is recognized as a great influential poet. He was born in 1921, and therefore was a prime age to be drafted as a soldier in World War II. Due to his horrific experiences fighting for America across seas, Wilbur found poetry as a way to express his view of the world. “One foes not use poetry for its major purposes, as a means to organize oneself and the world, until one’s world somehow gets out of hand,“ Wilbur once said. The way in which he organized his thoughts into words, however, at first maintained a very formal style which gained scrutiny because the dreadful topics with which he dealt were reduced to a sort of dark comedy, lacking true emotion. (1) Wilbur has been known to be a central example of the poetic formalism linked to the 1950 post-war period (2). When Wilbur grew old and continued his developing poetic distinctness, many of his poems grew with him to become much more personal, as if he had learned to accept and express his grueling experiences freely. Wilbur’s story is well reflected in his poetry, one especially written in 1950, titled, “The Pardon,” which serves as an example of work that encompasses subjects more near to him. “The Pardon” presents how a young boy grows into adulthood and comes to accept death through the creation of a juxtaposition between the narrator’s young self and older self while employing intricate rhyming and sounds, both intense concrete and withheld images, and supernatural elements.

A well-written poem would help one to engage into the work with their senses. One should be able to ask themselves what the poem caused them to think, hear, see, feel, taste, and to determine what he or she learned from the poet’s words. Many people believe that because poetry is an enigmatic art, and that there is no way for sure to know the

From the beginning to the end this poem contains many symbols, water being one of the first to appear. It is first described as unmisted, acting as a reflecting surface on the mirror. In the end, water takes on the position of being a lake, reflecting the girl’s image, no matter the occasion. Water acts as both clear and containing in the poem, showing the girl’s image and hiding the youth that she once had. Not only does water act as a symbol but light, as well. In the poem, it says darkness separates us over and over. Darkness symbolizes the thoughts and feelings the young woman feels, how they cloud her thoughts and opinions of herself. The final, and perhaps greatest symbolize is the reflections themselves. The reflections show the importance of appearance to the woman in the poem, and reveal the inner thoughts she has, how frustrated she feels when her reflection doesn’t meet her expectations. The reflections symbolize not only her outer appearance, but her inner as well. This poem embodies the feelings and thoughts many woman have had, looking in the mirror and not

Each line does not represent a new thought but instead many line often do. While reading the poem the reader can easily identify a few clusters. One of them is: Revolver, bullet, Trigger, Body, Blood, and Gun. These create feeling of murder or suicide. Words that one might read in a newspaper, like the author never knew him but read the details in a police report. The author uses a number of poetic devices to invoke the mood of the poem in the reader. For example, the author personifies sorrow by saying that it has no sense of propriety and that it is able to take what it wants. The author uses imagery to bring the reader in and make them feel like they were there. For example, cool green sheets, small hot mouth, and butter pecan or chocolate

Rhyming, alliteration and repetition are all used to create an atmosphere for the poem so that it is evocative for the reader.

In the first stanza the reader is introduced to the two characters in the poem. The reader is also made aware of the time of the year and day. The first stanza reveals a lot of information. It tells the reader who, when, and where. It also appeals to the sense of touch and sight when it describes the father's hands and also when he "puts his clothes on in the blueblack cold." One could almost feel the "cold" and see the "cracked hands."

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.

For many years people have been able to share their feelings and emotions through art,songs, novels, poems, etc. These artists, musicians, authors, and poets have been able to connect with others. For example, poems can be interpreted differently by readers. A poem has the flexibility to relate to anyone who reads it. There are many different types of poems in the sense of structure, which inlucudes the rhyme scheme, stanzas, and lines. With in the structure of the poem the reader may encounter similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, and paradox along with many other literary terms. These literary terms are what make poetry unique and engaging for readers. Readers are able to ponder the meaning of the poem and the complexity of