Have you ever read a poem that you feel that you could directly relate to? The poem “Into My Own” written by Robert Frost, is a description of a mentally, and physically, challenging journey that the speaker desires to tackle. As a young, maturing adult, my view of Robert Frost’s poem can be directly correlated to the unknown journey of a college student that is seeking out ones independance, and purpose in this world. The poem itself is a sonnet, that follows the rhyme scheme of -aabb ccdd eeff gg. Robert Frost relies on the use of symbolism, personification, imagery, metaphors, and alliteration. “Into My Own” can be broken down stanza by stanza to reveal the meanings and relationships of the words that Robert Frost uses, with the goal of
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In line one, Frost speaks of “these dark trees” (Frost, 1). With that being said, the “dark trees” are used to symbolize a peculiar, and unknown future of the persona of the poem. In the next line, Frost states that the trees “scarcely show the breeze”, which shows the readers that the speakers future can not be set by looking at what others are doing, and that he must go out and create his own destiny (Frost, 2). In the third and the fourth line of stanza one, Frost creates sort of a dark image by saying “Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom/ But stretched away unto the edge of doom” (Frost, 3/4). Although the imagine in lines three and four sound quite dark, it can be viewed in a way that the speakers future is filled with endless …show more content…
Instead of the speaker talking about his eagerness to begin his journey to independence and the landscape that surrounds himself, he moves on to talking about the people that he is dependent upon. The speaker states “I do not see why I should e'er turn back” (Frost, 9). This line shows us that once he begins his journey towards independence, he will not revert to being a dependent person upon other people. In lines ten, eleven and twelve, he states “ Or those should not set forth upon my track/ To overtake me, who should miss me here/ And long to know if still I held them dear” (Frost, 10/11/12). These three lines reveal that the speaker is not confident in the relationship that he has with the people around him. More specifically, in line ten he is trying to tell us that once he embarks upon this lifelong journey, he realizes that nobody will follow him and try to stop what he is doing for himself. Lines eleven and twelve then move on to the speakers idea that nobody will miss him, or care if he misses them, when his journey into the forest of life
In line one, Frost speaks of “these dark trees” (Frost, 1). With that being said, the “dark trees” are used to symbolize a peculiar, and unknown future of the persona of the poem. In the next line, Frost states that the trees “scarcely show the breeze”, which shows the readers that the speakers future can not be set by looking at what others are doing, and that he must go out and create his own destiny (Frost, 2). In the third and the fourth line of stanza one, Frost creates sort of a dark image by saying “Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom/ But stretched away unto the edge of doom” (Frost, 3/4). Although the imagine in lines three and four sound quite dark, it can be viewed in a way that the speakers future is filled with endless …show more content…
Instead of the speaker talking about his eagerness to begin his journey to independence and the landscape that surrounds himself, he moves on to talking about the people that he is dependent upon. The speaker states “I do not see why I should e'er turn back” (Frost, 9). This line shows us that once he begins his journey towards independence, he will not revert to being a dependent person upon other people. In lines ten, eleven and twelve, he states “ Or those should not set forth upon my track/ To overtake me, who should miss me here/ And long to know if still I held them dear” (Frost, 10/11/12). These three lines reveal that the speaker is not confident in the relationship that he has with the people around him. More specifically, in line ten he is trying to tell us that once he embarks upon this lifelong journey, he realizes that nobody will follow him and try to stop what he is doing for himself. Lines eleven and twelve then move on to the speakers idea that nobody will miss him, or care if he misses them, when his journey into the forest of life