Chicago Robert Frost Essay

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Ignoring someone’s importance or ability is not a good concept to me. But then again, in the poem “Chicago”, written by Robert Frost, Chicago is like that. In fact, the characteristic of Chicago seems to be violent, fierce, and cocky. Once upon a time, I read of a man in the bible who was so rugged; no one was ever to mess with him. Due to his body mass and capacity, he was not afraid of any harm that were formed against him. Goliath it was; a man who fears nothing, but himself. His height and weight was out of the ordinary. I believe that the clothes that he wears would perhaps weight the same as my weight. And because he was bigger than everyone else, he would not take anything from anyone. Chicago can be characterize as Goliath for, they feel the same and had the same problems. In line 7 it replete “And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is …show more content…
This is saying that Chicago have no principal and it is talking about how a killer would kill and being free to kill again. This quote also tells you that even if Chicago is being characterize as a know it all and perfect, it is not that pure for there is killing; and there are murders that are not solve by knowing that the gunman is still walking and looking searching for blood. As for Goliath he would have being the killer, for the reason that he was stronger than the others.
When a poem is using personification whatever is being personified is non-human because, personification is about the process of giving life and human traits to something that is not human. For example, in the poem “Chicago”, the author stated “his wrist is the pulse” (Frost 21). This is giving life to the city. Personification help an author to connect to anything that is distant from the idea that they are trying to convey. It allow them to have a feeling; either empathy or sympathy. Poets often use personification in order to help us readers relate to what is being

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