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world is seventy-two years. But life is not always made to work out that way. Robert Frost uses figurative language, such as allusion, personification, diction, imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism to illustrate the brevity of life in “Out, out-.” He uses these devices to tell the story of a young boy who dies an irrational and unexpected death after an accident with a saw. Frost’s use of personification brings the saw in “Out, out-“ to life. “The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard” (Frost

Comparison Between “Out, Out” by Robert Frost and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen “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

Out, Out and the Responsibilities of age Responsibilities may not seem very harmful, but not adhering to these responsibilities can lead to dire consequences. Said responsibilites are much more prominent in the teenage years of life. For example: driving, getting offered drugs and/or alcohol, and intercourse are all situations that teenagers might find themselves in. These situations may not be inherently bad, but because teenagers are new drivers, too young and inexperienced to properly care for

In Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” an overwhelming theme of agony can be sensed as Frost incorporates his personal experiences with loss and his views on society into the narrative of this literary work. Frost uses the depiction of innocence through a young boy who suffers a fatal accident to metaphorically embed his personal struggles with the death of his two children into the poem. The section of the poem that will be analyzed is the final ten lines (25-34). The significance of this section in

Out, Out "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

‘In the poem “Out, Out-,” the primary character is exploited by his family, and in ‘Disabled’, the war veteran is exploited by the government. A good example of how the government takes advantage in ‘Disabled’, is “Smiling they wrote his lie,” in this quote recruitment officers, working for the government, recruit the boy, knowing he is under age. The word ‘smiling’ shows that they were happy to recruit him, this is injustice as they did not take the required legal action to stop him, but happily

Both poets share the same view towards young men, they express them as careless and innocent. In ‘Out,Out-’ the story could represent the author’s view regarding the ongoing war and how he believes young men are not ready and don't understand the consequences of their own actions. This is expressed in the poem by, “But the hand!, The boy’s first outcry was a rueful laugh”. This shows that Frost believes that the ‘big boy’ does not understand the severity of what happened until it was too late as

Oblivion, is what we all seep into after death. In the poems “Out, out” and A Man Said to the Universe both flaunt this explicit action of humans in their own divergent accession. The poems each have a congruous subject, which is the inevitability of wanting to be known. The two poems can both be compared and contrasted with their sense of tone and theme. In Addition to the poem “Out, out”, the theme is that people don’t care about you, sure they will care at first, but after you’re “six feet

Nevertheless these crazy odds, life is so simplistic to something like the universe or even the people in it. Robert Frost in “Out, Out-“ and “ A Man said to the Universe” by Steven Crane both display the fact that the nothing really cares about a single life in the whole universe. The point of the poems are the similar although the tone and mood is very diverse. The tone of “Out, Out-“is used to show details of the story so the reader will develop feelings for him. The passage “And they, since they were

Lian Hearn says, “Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief…”. In Robert Frost’s poem ‘Out, Out-’, the author frequently demonstrates the fragility of life and death’s ability to change it in an instant, through the use of literary allusions, imagery, personification, and tension. These devices are used to help illustrate to the readers the fragility of life and how death can turn an ordinary day into a catastrophic one. Throughout the poem, Frost focuses on the theme of death and its capricious