Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” consists of three essential elements that contribute in making this poem phenomenal. These elements include a theme, personification, and tone. Poets should include an impeccable theme to portray the underlying message of the poem. The use of personification aids the reader to paint a vivid description of an object in the reader’s mind. Tone is the third critical element and it portrays the poet’s attitude throughout the poem, which ultimately plays a role in shaping the reader’s mood. A poet should incorporate these three elements to keep the reader engaged and make the poem interesting.
The use of personification in the poem – to give life to the saw – further made the poem macabre and tragic. The saw was described …show more content…
He, however, did try to emphasize boy’s innocence and in no way blamed his action as the cause of death. He first blamed the saw for it’s over excitement and then the other adults around the boy who should have asked the boy to ‘call it a day’ half an hour early. The poet further describes the boy’s despondency and melancholia through this dialogue- ‘Don’t let him cut my hand off- The doctor, when he comes. Don’t let him, sister!’ when the boy realized that not only would he loose his arm but also fall deep into the darkness of anesthesia and then into arms of death. The last part of poem shows how, in those dark times people were indifferent towards others’ pain and lacked empathy when tragedy befell a fellow being. He allusively uses the words ‘since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs’ to express his derision and contempt towards the onlookers’ nonchalant attitude. This last part of poem reminded me of another poem The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinneybecause in both scenarios the cold in people’s heart lead to an eventual demise of a precious human life and both show how little, especially in hard times, do humans value other human
The use of personification in the poem – to give life to the saw – further made the poem macabre and tragic. The saw was described …show more content…
He, however, did try to emphasize boy’s innocence and in no way blamed his action as the cause of death. He first blamed the saw for it’s over excitement and then the other adults around the boy who should have asked the boy to ‘call it a day’ half an hour early. The poet further describes the boy’s despondency and melancholia through this dialogue- ‘Don’t let him cut my hand off- The doctor, when he comes. Don’t let him, sister!’ when the boy realized that not only would he loose his arm but also fall deep into the darkness of anesthesia and then into arms of death. The last part of poem shows how, in those dark times people were indifferent towards others’ pain and lacked empathy when tragedy befell a fellow being. He allusively uses the words ‘since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs’ to express his derision and contempt towards the onlookers’ nonchalant attitude. This last part of poem reminded me of another poem The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinneybecause in both scenarios the cold in people’s heart lead to an eventual demise of a precious human life and both show how little, especially in hard times, do humans value other human