Dhanrajh 1
Cheeranjiva Dhanrajh
Speech 160
Ms. Adi
Mid Term
Poetry Midterm Fall 2016 In the poem, In a Disused Graveyard by Robert Frost, the speaker is unknown. This is because the poet does not give any clues whatsoever about who the poet is. Also, there is not any specific occasion happening here. You can tell this because the persona is portraying a feeling rather than describing a specific occasion. The time of the poem is not stated, rendering it not important to the poem. The poem takes place in a sullen graveyard that is not used anymore. For example the poem states, “The graveyard draws the living still, But never anymore the dead.” This shows how the graveyard is disused because the dead are not buried there anymore. Nevertheless, the living still come to …show more content…
In this scene, the living come to see the dead. While the living still come, the dead stopped. The gravestones gently mock the living, laughing at their unwillingness to die. The poem ends telling the readers that if the gravestones were told that men stopped dying, they would believe the lie. Dhanrajh 3 The reason that I chose this poem is because I was fascinated by how the poet effectively showed man’s unwillingness to die. In the poem the speaker asks, “ what is it that men are shrinking from?” In my perspective this means that since men are so daring and reckless, why are they so afraid of death? I also chose this poem because Robert Frost is my favorite poet, and this poem a deep meaning. The title of the poem is, In a Disused Graveyard. The poet is Robert Frost. speaker of the poem is not stated but it could be that it is the poet speaking.
The intended audience is the readers because the poet is speaking to all men and women.
The setting of the poem is a disused
Cheeranjiva Dhanrajh
Speech 160
Ms. Adi
Mid Term
Poetry Midterm Fall 2016 In the poem, In a Disused Graveyard by Robert Frost, the speaker is unknown. This is because the poet does not give any clues whatsoever about who the poet is. Also, there is not any specific occasion happening here. You can tell this because the persona is portraying a feeling rather than describing a specific occasion. The time of the poem is not stated, rendering it not important to the poem. The poem takes place in a sullen graveyard that is not used anymore. For example the poem states, “The graveyard draws the living still, But never anymore the dead.” This shows how the graveyard is disused because the dead are not buried there anymore. Nevertheless, the living still come to …show more content…
In this scene, the living come to see the dead. While the living still come, the dead stopped. The gravestones gently mock the living, laughing at their unwillingness to die. The poem ends telling the readers that if the gravestones were told that men stopped dying, they would believe the lie. Dhanrajh 3 The reason that I chose this poem is because I was fascinated by how the poet effectively showed man’s unwillingness to die. In the poem the speaker asks, “ what is it that men are shrinking from?” In my perspective this means that since men are so daring and reckless, why are they so afraid of death? I also chose this poem because Robert Frost is my favorite poet, and this poem a deep meaning. The title of the poem is, In a Disused Graveyard. The poet is Robert Frost. speaker of the poem is not stated but it could be that it is the poet speaking.
The intended audience is the readers because the poet is speaking to all men and women.
The setting of the poem is a disused