Interpretation Of A Poem By Frost Summary

Thylias Moss poem, “Interpretation of a poem by Frost”, entails a story on racism through the relationship between a man named Jim Crow, who represents a racial institution in the United States for a lengthy period, and a young black girl, who symbolize racial oppression on African-Americans. The poem is powerful in its message by highlighting the feelings of many African-Americans who were discriminated against. Also, the poem progression of emotional intensity further proves how African slaves in America felt at the time. The poem begins with “a young black girl stopped by the woods”. Moss likely precedes the first lime as a background setting informing readers on where the poem takes place. Moss then go on to write “so young she knew only …show more content…
Lines four and five states, “The woods were his and she respected his boundaries / even in the absence of fence.” I think Moss included the line “even in the absence of fence” to further emphasize that racial oppression under “Jim crow” is boundless. The young black girl must respect the territories that are not her own as well as never come to the realization that Jim Crow controls her. By the black girl calling Jim Crow by his name, she is, in fact, recognizing the racial discriminatory institution that is controlling her life. Line three best convey this point by stating, “But she wasn’t allowed to call him Master.” By Moss, choosing to include the phrase “she wasn’t allowed”, readers can feel the intense emotions of racial separation that Jim Crow represents. Also, throughout the poem, readers come to the realization that Jim Crow was an institution that integrated unspoken subtitle racism into societies to keep Africans in racial suppression. To understand the next line of the poem, the next few lines must be read collectively.
Lines six through eight, describes briefly slave’s auctions because Moss wants readers to know the difficulties of rebellions for African slaves in the past. For African slaves in America, the lay of the land was vastly different from where many of the slaves grew up in different regions and countries in Africa leading to many without a sense …show more content…
Jim Crow claimed another victim and force the black girl to make the promises through intimidation, people unwillingness to help, and the girl lack of strength alone to fight off Jim Crow’s dominance. To conclude the poem, Moss uses the black girl to symbolize racial oppression felt by an entire race of people to give readers a clear understanding of how Jim Crow affected societies in America in the past. There were very few times where I felt the poet was ambiguous about the message of the poem as well as very little moments where I felt he did not do an amazing job in continuing to rise the tension presented in the poem. Moss’s diction was clever and interesting in the fact that he left me wanting to know more about what the else could a word could possibly mean by his usage. Moss’s structure of the poem quickly allowed him to control the message he wanted to get across in the poem and I believe readers with no doubt think the poem offers an interesting insight into how Jim Crow laws affected the lives of many African slaves whether male or female