The poem “Range-Finding” was written in 1916 by Robert Frost. This poem talks about a battle which by the date one can assume he is talking about World War 1. This poem is about a bullet being shot which hits a person in the chest but focuses on the story behind it and all the many creatures that are affected by the war that is taking place around them. The theme of this poem is war effects all people and creature regardless of if they are directly involved with the war. Robert Frost shows the reader this developing theme by the title, shifts and the connotations.
The title of this poem is “Range-Finding” which is something that soldiers did during world war 1 to see how far they could shoot a bullet accurately. This is what the shooter in this story is doing and successfully hits his target. This poem does talk about how far the bullet travels, but more importantly it talks about how far the effects are being felt. The effects are being felt far past the shooter and the person who is getting shot is goes to all the creatures in between. Robert Frost says, “A butterfly its fall had dispossessed, A moment sought in air his flower of rest.” Earlier in the poem a flower is hit by the bullet now one would read that the butterfly often rests on that flower. One will now start to notice that more than people in the war are …show more content…
One would be lead to think that this poem would continue to talk about people that are either killed or injured during war, that is where the poem shift to talk about most everything except the humans causing the war. Instead this poem talks mainly about a stricken flower and the animals around it which includes a butterfly, a bird, and a spider. These are the animals that are being affected by the battle that are not involved in any way except by where they live have become a
The title of this poem is “Range-Finding” which is something that soldiers did during world war 1 to see how far they could shoot a bullet accurately. This is what the shooter in this story is doing and successfully hits his target. This poem does talk about how far the bullet travels, but more importantly it talks about how far the effects are being felt. The effects are being felt far past the shooter and the person who is getting shot is goes to all the creatures in between. Robert Frost says, “A butterfly its fall had dispossessed, A moment sought in air his flower of rest.” Earlier in the poem a flower is hit by the bullet now one would read that the butterfly often rests on that flower. One will now start to notice that more than people in the war are …show more content…
One would be lead to think that this poem would continue to talk about people that are either killed or injured during war, that is where the poem shift to talk about most everything except the humans causing the war. Instead this poem talks mainly about a stricken flower and the animals around it which includes a butterfly, a bird, and a spider. These are the animals that are being affected by the battle that are not involved in any way except by where they live have become a