1. Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” combines elements of poetry to create a masterpiece that can be taken for granted. It discusses a man stopping by a house in the woods on a dark, cold, snowy evening, and if he should stay at the place or continue on. He quickly decides that he can’t stay, “He will not see me stopping here” (3) and later reveals, “But I have promises to keep” (14). He seems that he has many things to do, so he must continue his journey on; even though the house in the village would be nice to stay at. Frost uses the elements of rhyme and rhythm and imagery to create this poem. We see how rhyme and rhythm is used in the poem, as the last word of the first, second, and fourth lines of each stanza
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “I felt a cleaving in my mind” combines elements of poetry to create a piece that can easily be misunderstood. The poem discusses the readers mind, and how she feels it falling apart. The reader tried very hard to keep things together, “I tried to match it, seam by seam” (3) but couldn’t do so, “But sequence raveled out of reach” (7). We see how the pressure and emotions in her life were too much to handle. Things just fell apart for her, “Like balls upon a floor” (8). This poem discusses how people sometimes feel when things are stacked up against them. Dickinson uses the elements of figurative language, formal diction and imagery to create this poem. We see how figurative language is used in the poem, as Dickinson used phrases such as, “As if my brain had split” (2) “I tried to match it, seam by seam” (3) and “But sequence raveled out of reach” (3). Obviously, the readers mind is not literally splitting, or raveling out of reach; these are used figuratively to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. The second line is a simile, comparing her feelings to her mind, as if her brain had split. The use of this figurative language helps the reader to picture what is going on. Dickinson also uses formal diction in her poem. She uses elevated language, words such as “Cleaving,” “strove,” and “ravelled.” These are words that are not used in common language, which makes the poem more complex. Dickinson also uses imagery in her poem. She says, “I felt a
Emily Dickinson’s poem “I felt a cleaving in my mind” combines elements of poetry to create a piece that can easily be misunderstood. The poem discusses the readers mind, and how she feels it falling apart. The reader tried very hard to keep things together, “I tried to match it, seam by seam” (3) but couldn’t do so, “But sequence raveled out of reach” (7). We see how the pressure and emotions in her life were too much to handle. Things just fell apart for her, “Like balls upon a floor” (8). This poem discusses how people sometimes feel when things are stacked up against them. Dickinson uses the elements of figurative language, formal diction and imagery to create this poem. We see how figurative language is used in the poem, as Dickinson used phrases such as, “As if my brain had split” (2) “I tried to match it, seam by seam” (3) and “But sequence raveled out of reach” (3). Obviously, the readers mind is not literally splitting, or raveling out of reach; these are used figuratively to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. The second line is a simile, comparing her feelings to her mind, as if her brain had split. The use of this figurative language helps the reader to picture what is going on. Dickinson also uses formal diction in her poem. She uses elevated language, words such as “Cleaving,” “strove,” and “ravelled.” These are words that are not used in common language, which makes the poem more complex. Dickinson also uses imagery in her poem. She says, “I felt a